Maximize and Reduce

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Maximize verb - Make as big or large as possible.

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Reduce is an antonym for maximize in blow up topic.

Reduce verb - To diminish the price or value of.

Usage example: a mortgage crisis that reduced homes to their lowest level in a decade

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Maximize is an antonym for reduce.

Nearby Words: reduced, reduction, reducing, reducible

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