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  • v  cut down on; make a reduction in
  • v  make less complex
  • v  bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
    He reduced the population to slavery
  • v  simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
  • v  lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
    She reduced her niece to a servant
  • v  be the essential element
  • v  reduce in size; reduce physically
  • v  lessen and make more modest
  • v  make smaller
  • v  to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons
  • v  narrow or limit
  • v  put down by force or intimidation
  • v  undergo meiosis
  • v  reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
  • v  destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
  • v  reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
  • v  be cooked until very little liquid is left
  • v  cook until very little liquid is left
    The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time
  • v  lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
  • v  take off weight
  • a  made less in size or amount or degree
  • s  well below normal (especially in price)

  • As a British statesman, she broke the power of the unions, which were ruining the economy, she reduced the state sector by privatizing most of the nationalized industries, which .
  • When without loss of blood he reduced Czechoslovakia to a German puppet state, forced a drastic revision of Europe's defensive alliances, and won a free hand for himself in .
  • German steel production was to be reduced from over 20,000,000 tons a year to 5,800,000.
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  • Barack Obama in Los Angeles Times
    I have no interest in having a bill get passed that fails,Obama said. "And if people look and say, 'You know what? This hasn't reduced my costs. My premiums are still going up 25%, insurance companies are still jerking me around' -- I'm...
  • Neelie Kroes in PC Advisor
    Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said the Commission's job in the extended investigation "is to ensure that customers would not face reduced choice or higher prices as a result of this takeover".
  • President Bush in Reuters South Africa
    This vision for a reduced American presence also has the support of Iraqi leaders from all communities,Bush said.

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