Dock and Decrease

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Dock verb - To make less in extent or duration.

Usage example: the editorial was docked by about a hundred words to make it fit on the page

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Decrease is a synonym for dock in cut topic. In some cases you can use "Decrease" instead a verb "Dock", when it comes to topics like reduce.

Nearby Words: docking, docked, dockage, dockyard, docker

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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Dock is a synonym for decrease. Sometimes you can use "Dock" instead a verb "Decrease".

Nearby Words: decreased, decreasing, decrement, decremented

corresponding	corresponding dock	corresponding decrease
major	major dock	major decrease

dock points

decrease points

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