Better and Reduce

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Better

Better verb - To make better.
Usage example: social workers and reformers trying to better the lives of inner-city residents
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Reduce is an antonym for better in outdo topic.

Reduce

Reduce verb - To bring to a lower grade or rank.
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Better is an antonym for reduce.
Nearby Words: reduced, reduction, reducing, reducible
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Common collocations

strength better strength reduce strength
difficulty better difficulty reduce difficulty
armor better armor reduce armor
chances better chances reduce chances
Other words: powers.

Both words in one sentence

  • Family-Unfriendly Aesop While he prepares for quitting the Avengers, he talks to his robot, Ultron, about how there must be "a better way" to reduce crime.
    Source: Family-Unfriendly Aesop
  • Reduced to Ratburgers There are few better ways (short of No Party Like a Donner Party) to demonstrate that a human character is desperate for food than to reduce him to eating rats.
    Source: Reduced to Ratburgers
  • Suicidal Overconfidence Considering the game still doesn't feature ground combat so the only way to reduce the population is orbital bombardment and biological weapons, they really should know better.
    Source: Suicidal Overconfidence
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