Blunt and Reduce

Blunt

Blunt verb - To reduce or weaken in strength or feeling.

Usage example: the mushy music blunted the effect of the movie's final tragic scene

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Reduce and blunt are semantically related. in tone down topic. In some cases you can use "Reduce" instead a verb "Blunt".

Nearby Words: bluntly, blunted, blunting

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

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Blunt and reduce are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Blunt" instead a verb "Reduce".

Nearby Words: reduced, reduction, reducing, reducible

ability	blunt ability	reduce ability
power	blunt power	reduce power
attack	blunt attack	reduce attack
time	blunt time	reduce time
Other words: factor, effectiveness, pain, attacks, enemies.

Everything from heavy blunt impacts to industrial accidents to (of course) modern weaponry can easily reduce a human being to Ludicrous Gibs.

Source: Made of Plasticine
Such portrayals do not require the good-does-not-call-itself-good approach either; to the contrary, it requires good to be blunt about it, because Good Is Not Nice, and if others do not like this Brutal Honesty, it must be because the moral fallings of others reduce their appreciation for it.

Source: Rightly Self-Righteous

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