Lessen and Regulate

Lessen

Lessen verb - To make smaller in amount, volume, or extent.

Regulate and lessen are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Regulate" instead a verb "Lessen".

Nearby Words: lessening, less

Regulate

Regulate verb - To keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression).

Lessen and regulate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lessen" instead a verb "Regulate".

Common collocations

reaction lessen reaction regulate reaction
heat lessen heat regulate heat
power lessen power regulate power
amount lessen amount regulate amount
Other words: flow, atmosphere, thousands, powers.
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