Decrease and Elongate

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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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Elongate is an antonym for decrease.

Nearby Words: decreased, decreasing, decrement, decremented

Elongate verb - To make longer.

Usage example: in his paintings the artist elongated the bodies of angels to give them a spiritual quality

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Decrease is an antonym for elongate.

Nearby Words: elongated, elongation, elongating

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Elongate and Decrease. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/decrease/elongate

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