Decrease and Dock

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Decrease verb - To make smaller in amount, volume, or extent.

Usage example: workers decreased the volume of water flowing through the pipes in order to prevent an overflow

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Dock is a synonym for decrease. In some cases you can use "Dock" instead a verb "Decrease".

Nearby Words: decreased, decreasing, decrement, decremented

Dock verb - To make less in extent or duration.

Usage example: the editorial was docked by about a hundred words to make it fit on the page

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Decrease is a synonym for dock in cut topic. Sometimes you can use "Decrease" instead a verb "Dock", if it concerns topics such as reduce.

Nearby Words: docking, docked, dockage, dockyard, docker

corresponding	corresponding decrease	corresponding dock
major	major decrease	major dock

decrease points

dock points

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