Foil and Reduce

Foil

Foil verb - To prevent from achieving a goal.

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

Nearby Words: foiled, foiling

Reduce

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

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

Nearby Words: reduced, reduction, reducing, reducible

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

attack foil attack reduce attack
time foil time reduce time
crime foil crime reduce crime
attacks foil attacks reduce attacks
Other words: enemies.
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