Decrease and Whittle

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Decrease

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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Whittle and decrease are semantically related In some cases you can use "Whittle" instead a verb "Decrease".
Nearby Words: decreased, decreasing, decrement, decremented

Whittle

Whittle verb - Cut small bits or pare shavings from.
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Decrease and whittle are semantically related in reduce topic. You can use "Decrease" instead a verb "Whittle".
Nearby Words: whittled, whittling

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Common collocations

strength decrease strength whittle strength
health decrease health whittle health
population decrease population whittle population
morale decrease morale whittle morale
Other words: damage.
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