End
End verb - To bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point.
Lessen
Lessen verb - To make smaller in amount, volume, or extent.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- This can be a good way to lessen the insane Archive Binge you'll probably end going on.
Source: Slow-Paced Beginning - It didn't end when he was killed and no Healer active at the time was able to so much as lessen the effect.
Source: Fate Worse Than Death -
Starting with Fever, the spaces that will end you are marked with X's in order to lessen the chances of this happening.
Source: Video Game / Puyo Puyo
Cite this Source
Lessen and End. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/end/lessen
End & Lessen. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/end/lessen>.
Lessen or End. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/end/lessen.
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