Decrease and Result

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

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Result is an antonym for decrease.

Nearby Words: decreased, decreasing, decrement, decremented

Result verb - Issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end.

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Decrease is an antonym for result in happen topic.

Nearby Words: resultant, resulting, resulted

normal	normal decrease	normal result
net	net decrease	net result
actual	actual decrease	actual result
major	major decrease	major result
Other adjectives: general, subsequent, eventual, overall.

Clarke's and Stephen Baxter's The Light Of Other Days mentions that many mental illnesses have been cured, but as a result there is a marked decrease in creativity.

Source: Creative Sterility
Failure to liberate it from Lucas' men will result in severe decrease of native workforce.

Source: Video Game / Jagged Alliance
Of course, other events, especially any which result in a decrease of the quality of life, can count as the event separating the characters from The Beforetimes.

Source: The Beforetimes

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