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decrease
verb(de-crease)
to grow progressively less (as in size, amount, number, or intensity)
decrease
verb(de-crease)
to cause to decrease
decrease
noun(de-crease)
the process of growing progressively less (as in size, amount, number, or intensity) : the process of decreasing
decrease
noun(de-crease)
an amount of diminution : reduction
decrease
idiom(de-crease)
becoming less in size, amount, number, etc. : decreasing

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