Decrease and Magnify

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Decrease

Decrease verb - To make smaller in amount, volume, or extent.
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Magnify is an antonym for decrease.
Nearby Words: decreased, decreasing, decrement, decremented

Magnify

Magnify verb - To make markedly greater in measure or degree.
Usage example: the movie's sound effects magnify every crash and boom in the action scenes
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Decrease is an antonym for magnify in topics: enlarge, exaggerate.
Nearby Words: magnified, magnification, magnifying, magnifier
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Common collocations

energy decrease energy magnify energy
power decrease power magnify power
strength decrease strength magnify strength
effectiveness decrease effectiveness magnify effectiveness
Other words: damage, times.
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