Decrease
Decrease verb - To make smaller in amount, volume, or extent.
Reinforce
Reinforce verb - To provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea).
Nearby Words: reinforcement, reinforcing
Common collocations
| experience | decrease experience | reinforce experience |
| power | decrease power | reinforce power |
| reputation | decrease reputation | reinforce reputation |
| numbers | decrease numbers | reinforce numbers |
| Other words: values, points. | ||
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Reinforce and Decrease. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/decrease/reinforce
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