Accumulate and Decrease

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Accumulate

Accumulate verb - To become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number.
Usage example: the number of complaints about that mail order firm is really accumulating
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Decrease is an antonym for accumulate in gather or amass something topic.
Nearby Words: accumulation, accumulating, accumulator, accumulative

Decrease

Decrease verb - To grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually.
Usage example: the force of the wind slowly decreased until the flowers were standing upright again
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Accumulate is an antonym for decrease.
Nearby Words: decreased, decreasing, decrement, decremented
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Common collocations

energy accumulate energy decrease energy
power accumulate power decrease power
amount accumulate amount decrease amount
number accumulate number decrease number
Other words: couple, health, damage, corruption, points.
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