Reduce and Subtract

Reduce

Reduce verb - To bring to a lower grade or rank.

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Subtract and reduce are semantically related in take off topic. In some cases you can use "Subtract" instead a verb "Reduce".

Nearby Words: reduced, reduction, reducing, reducible

Subtract verb - To take away (an amount or number) from a total.

Usage example: you can subtract the time you spent daydreaming from your total homework time

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Reduce and subtract are semantically related in take off topic. Sometimes you can use "Reduce" instead a verb "Subtract".

Nearby Words: subtraction, subtracting

ability	reduce ability	subtract ability
life	reduce life	subtract life
people	reduce people	subtract people
amount	reduce amount	subtract amount
Other words: number, time, health, damage, numbers, points, casualties.

A character can have both Defenses and straight Damage Reduction; Defenses outright subtract damage from the roll and can reduce it to zero, while Damage Reduction applies after Defenses and cuts the damage received by a straight percentage.

Source: Damage Reduction

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