Reducing
Reducing noun - Any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent.
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Scale down is a synonym for reducing. In some cases you can use "Scale down" instead a verb "Reducing".
Scale down
Scale down verb - Reduce proportionally.
Reducing is a synonym for scale down. Sometimes you can replace term "Reducing" with "Scale down", this verbs are similar.
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Inverted in the "water on a grease fire" myth; at one point Adam and Jamie attempted to scale down the fireball by reducing the amounts of water and oil, as well as the size of the pan.
Source: Series / MythBusters
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