Keep and Reduce

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Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.

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

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

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

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

Nearby Words: reduced, reduction, reducing, reducible

humanity	keep humanity	reduce humanity
power	keep power	reduce power
life	keep life	reduce life
people	keep people	reduce people
Other words: body, number, time, world, head, population, anyone, city, player, humans, powers, enemies, levels.

Prestige is used to recruit new superheroes to your team and keep score, and therefore smashing up things too much and letting civilians get KOed will reduce your hiring rate and your high score.

Source: Hero Insurance
At the same time, the player has to use the mouse/right stick to keep their character's hand close to his gun (but not too close or the hand position will be reset!) to reduce the drawing time.

Source: Showdown at High Noon
To keep the fifth one alive, it had to forcibly shapeshift it into a form that will reduce its ability to kill itself.

Source: And I Must Scream / Literature

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