Decrease and Heighten

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Decrease

Decrease verb - To make smaller in amount, volume, or extent.
Usage example: workers decreased the volume of water flowing through the pipes in order to prevent an overflow
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Heighten is an antonym for decrease.
Nearby Words: decreased, decreasing, decrement, decremented

Heighten

Heighten verb - To make markedly greater in measure or degree.
Usage example: several controversial measures have heightened parental awareness of the impact of school policy decisions
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Antonyms for Heighten
Decrease is an antonym for heighten in intensify topic.
Nearby Words: height, heightening
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Common collocations

power decrease power heighten power
strength decrease strength heighten strength
level decrease level heighten level
security decrease security heighten security
Other words: effects, effectiveness, tensions.
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