Order
Reduce
Reduce verb - To bring to a lower grade or rank.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The characters move and speak as little as possible in order to reduce their respiration.
- While the comic boheme does smalltalk, one member shocks them by claiming he will reduce his life to the absolutely necessary, "television and masturbation - not necessarily in that order".
Source: In That Order - Instead, Monobear brings in more and more of his spare robots in order to overwhelm Kyo, and they reduce him to a bloody pulp on the ground.
Source: Roleplay / Roulette Rampage
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