Lessen
Lessen verb - To make smaller in amount, volume, or extent.
Use
Use verb - To put into action or service.
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Third, they use metallic bats, which mean that their offensive statistics are somewhat inflated - though the NCAA has shifted to composite bats to lessen hitting power and injury risk.
Source: Useful Notes / Baseball -
Second, they had both failed to see through Hamil's Obfuscating Stupidity to help him as he does his best to lessen the burden of the people of Hispania under the oppression of The Empire, and only thought of rebellion, going as far as planning to use Hamil as puppet.
Source: My Greatest Failure -
In the novel, Ziggy Stardust of the Science division made various paper for her to use, like black paper with explosives that can explode at her will and highly water resistant paper that can lessen her weakness against water(and also stand on top of water with pieces of paper).
Source: Paper Master
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