1. (verb) make smaller

• decrease
• lessen

1. (verb) make smaller

• abate
• slack
• slake
• abbreviate
• abridge
• contract
• cut
• foreshorten
• reduce
• shorten
• belittle
• diminish
• boil down
• concentrate
• reduce
• bring down
• cut
• cut back
• cut down
• reduce
• trim
• trim back
• trim down
• circumscribe
• confine
• limit
• cut
• de-escalate
• step down
• weaken
• lour
• lower
• turn down
• minimise
• minimize
• mitigate
• pare
• pare down
• reduce
• shrink
• relax
• slack
• slack up
• slacken
• suppress

1. (verb) make smaller

• alter
• change
• modify

1. (verb) make smaller

• decrease
• drop-off
• lessening

1. (verb) make smaller

• increase