Keep down and Reduce

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Keep down verb - Put down by force or intimidation.

Usage example: China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently

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Reduce is a synonym for keep down in muffle topic. In some cases you can use "Reduce" instead a verb "Keep down".

Reduce verb - Put down by force or intimidation.

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Keep down is a synonym for reduce. You can use "Keep down" instead a verb "Reduce".

Nearby Words: reduced, reduction, reducing, reducible

Also referred to in Making Money, where Moist explains that the mongooses were bred in the postboxes, to keep down the snakes; who were introduced to reduce the number of toads; which were put there to keep down the snails.

Source: Summon Bigger Fish

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