Fix
Fix verb - To arrange something in a certain spot or position.
Reduce
Reduce verb - To bring to a lower grade or rank.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- The Special Corps psychologists manage to fix her a bit, enough to reduce her sociopathic tendencies to a manageable level, and she becomes a good wife to Jim and a good mother to their twin sons.
Source: Caper Rationalization - Crafting a ring or talisman that restores health would make the player virtually immortal - very few enemies could actually reduce the player's health faster than regeneration would fix it, and only if the player allowed them to hit repeatedly.
Source: Game Breaker / The Elder Scrolls - The Soldier's Mantreads and the Quick-Fix's Ubercharge reduce knockback by 75% and 100% respectively (though the Mantreads do not protect against airblasts).
Source: Knockback
Cite this Source
Reduce and Fix. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fix/reduce
Fix & Reduce. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/fix/reduce>.
Reduce or Fix. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/fix/reduce.
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