Decrease and Heaves

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

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Heaves is an antonym for decrease.

Nearby Words: decreased, decreasing, decrement, decremented

Heaves noun - A chronic emphysema of the horse that causes difficult expiration and heaving of the flanks.

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Decrease is an antonym for heaves in lift topic.

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