Amp up and Reduce

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Amp up verb - To make markedly greater in measure or degree.

Usage example: inflammatory rhetoric that served only to amp up the civil unrest that was overspreading the city

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Reduce is an antonym for amp up.

Reduce verb - To bring to a lower grade or rank.

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Amp up is an antonym for reduce.

Nearby Words: reduced, reduction, reducing, reducible

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Reduce and Amp up. (2017). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/amp_up/reduce

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