Focus and Reduce

Focus

Focus verb - To fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective.

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Reduce and focus are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reduce" instead a verb "Focus".

Nearby Words: focused, focal, focusing

Reduce verb - To bring to a lower grade or rank.

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Focus and reduce are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Focus" instead a verb "Reduce".

Nearby Words: reduced, reduction, reducing, reducible

ability	focus ability	reduce ability
power	focus power	reduce power
strength	focus strength	reduce strength
life	focus life	reduce life
Other words: people, amount, time, damage, times, attacks, powers.

Managing to get enough focus ensure to be more successful in your tasks, which grants higher focus or reduce constant focus decrease which comes from short-term buffs (eating, having a bath, picking herbs, reading, etc).

Source: Videogame / The Sims Medieval
Some non-tank classes also have skills that lets them reduce aggro on themselves so that the tank has an easier time having the enemy focus on the tank instead.

Source: Draw Aggro
The squadron would focus on the laser towers on the surface, to reduce fire on the fighters flying into the trench.

Source: Film / A New Hope

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