Depress and Increase

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Depress verb - To diminish the price or value of.

Usage example: the glut of wheat on the market has depressed that commodity for most of the past year

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Increase is an antonym for depress in topics: lower, deject, devalue, push down.

Increase verb - To make greater in size, amount, or number.

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Depress is an antonym for increase.

power	depress power	increase power
rates	depress rates	increase rates

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