Decrease and Escalate

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Decrease

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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Synonyms for Decrease
Antonyms for Decrease
Escalate is an antonym for decrease.
Nearby Words: decreased, decreasing, decrement, decremented

Escalate

Escalate verb - To become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number.
Usage example: as the war between the two countries escalated, it threatened to become a global conflict
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Synonyms for Escalate
Antonyms for Escalate
Decrease is an antonym for escalate in topics: grow, increase.
Nearby Words: escalation, escalating, escalator
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Common collocations

force decrease force escalate force
number decrease number escalate number
effects decrease effects escalate effects
usefulness decrease usefulness escalate usefulness
Other words: numbers, points, tensions.
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