Decrease and Protract

Opposite meaning words

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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Protract is an antonym for decrease.

Nearby Words: decreased, decreasing, decrement, decremented

Protract verb - To make longer.

Usage example: the highway project was protracted by years of litigation

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Decrease is an antonym for protract.

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