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decrease
verb
- tr & intr
decreased, decreasing
1. To make or become less.
- Thesaurus: lessen, wane, taper, diminish, dwindle, decline, abate, subside, slacken, drop; reduce, curtail; Antonym: increase.
- decreases
1. A lessening or loss. Opposite of increase.
- Thesaurus: reduction, decline, lessening, dwindling, ebb, downturn, abatement, cutback, discount, subsidence, diminution; Antonym: increase.
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