---

• v  make small or insignificant
• v  represent as less significant or important
• v  cause to seem less serious; play down
• s  reduced to the smallest possible size or amount or degree

• Such facilities have never been needed, but every risk had to be minimized.
• CCA could also be in legal trouble if it minimized the tally of serious prison incidents and, by implication, its possible financial liability.
• Axelrod called Michelle Obama a genuine, good, positive person, and minimized the possible political damage her remarks could cause, saying, This is a new year, there's a .

• minimize
• minimise
• understate
• downplay
• belittle
• denigrate
• derogate

• maximize
• maximise
• overstate

News & Articles

---

• Remote Management Software reaches beyond firewalls.
  With capabilities extending behind customer firewall, VNOC Symphony® with Communicator Proxy eliminates complexity of remotely managing devices within protected network. Communicator Proxy provides standards-based polling of all devices within customer's network and reports information back to cloud in real-time; communication is minimized to single device traversing customer security measures ...
  June 14, 2013 - ThomasNet
• Editorial: Check out ways to help county's public libraries
  The public Ventura County Library System is functioning about as well as it can under the conditions it faces, which include minimized budgets and limited county funding, according to a report issued Friday by the county grand jury.
  June 13, 2013 - Ventura County Star
• Housecalls: Giving dad some space
  This man's office shelves were minimized and re-arranged to highlight his many treasures that previously were buried among the collections of books, bills and paperwork.
  June 11, 2013 - Calaveras Enterprise

Quotes

---

• Ed Towns in Reuters
  Toyota either ignored or minimized reports of sudden acceleration,said Towns, a Democrat from New York.
• Fredi Gonzalez in msnbc.com
  I saw a couple of empty seats in right field,said Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez. "They missed a hell of a game. JJ had command of his fastball and had a good sinker. He was outstanding. Halladay minimized the damage in the first inning...