Cook
Cook verb - To change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of.
Reduce and cook are semantically related. in prepare food topic. In some cases you can use "Reduce" instead a verb "Cook".
Reduce
Reduce verb - To bring to a lower grade or rank.
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Both words in one sentence
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Cook and agree not to reduce Paget Brewster's screentime.
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In the The Loud House episode, "The Green House", as part of Lincoln's plan to reduce his sisters' massive energy-wasting habits, he suggests to Luan that, rather than cook banana cream pies to throw, she use banana peels for comedy.
Source: Banana Peel -
The flames are so hot that they melt the gold bars in the hold, ignoring the fact that the melting point of gold is 1064 degrees Celsius, which would easily be hot enough to rapidly reduce the wooden ship to ash and cook both fighters alive before they could exchange more than a few blows.
Source: Battle Amongst the Flames
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