Decrease
Reducing
Reducing noun - Any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent.
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Decrease and reducing are semantically related in reduction topic. You can use "Decrease" instead the word "Reducing" as a noun or a verb.
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- What the fans interpreted it as was "Zed is perfectly balanced and does not need change." They did nerf him by reducing his attack speed to decrease his splitpushing power, but a lot of people didn't think it was enough.
Source: Broken Base / League of Legends -
Numerical Hard: The game's difficulty settings increase or decrease the damage dealt by enemies but affect nothing else, except for the two easiest which max out hit point rolls, prevent permanent deaths and make spell-memorisation 100% successful in addition to reducing enemy strength.
Source: Franchise / Baldur's Gate -
Makes Sense In Context: The Kamui are deliberately made stripperific in order to decrease direct skin-contact with Life Fibers, thereby reducing the risk of losing one's mind to a sentient piece of clothing.
Source: Anime / Kill la Kill
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