Empty
Reduce
Reduce verb - To bring to a lower grade or rank.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- And it doesn't stop there: the hypnotherapy he practises is designed to break down the patients' minds and reduce them to empty shells that can be pimped out to wealthy clients.
Source: Not-So-Harmless Villain -
Airplanes that have to make an emergency landing often dump fuel to lighten the load (the weight differential between full and empty tanks is a factor in landing) and/or reduce risk of fire.
Source: Emergency Cargo Dump -
Reducing empty space does not reduce mass, after all.
Source: Shapeshifter Baggage
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