Decrease and Speed

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

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Speed is an antonym for decrease.

Nearby Words: decreased, decreasing, decrement, decremented

Speed verb - To proceed or move quickly.

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Decrease is an antonym for speed in move along quickly topic.

Nearby Words: speedy, speeding, speeded, speeder, speedway

normal	normal decrease	normal speed
right	right decrease	right speed
small	small decrease	small speed
actual	actual decrease	actual speed
Other adjectives: constant, massive, temporary, maximum, rapid, overall, faster.

Crippled arms decrease accuracy, crippled legs decrease running speed, a crippled head causes a concussion halo effect, and a crippled torso amplifies all subsequent damage.

Source: Video Game / Fallout
Awesome, but Impractical: There are only a handful of car parts that improve the Speed stat, but they all have a likewise net loss in the rest of the stats: The Slim tires increase Speed and decrease Acceleration by .25 each.

Source: Video Game / Mario Kart 8
And while you'll see a fifty percent power increase, you'll see a seventy-five percent decrease in speed and mobility.

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