fra: abaisser

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means	(verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals" deprave, demoralize, misdirect, debase, pervert, corrupt, profane, vitiate, subvert, debauch, demoralise
means	(verb) make smaller; "He decreased his staff" lessen, minify, decrease
means	(verb) cause to drop or sink; "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir" lower, depress
means	(verb) cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" trim, cut down, cut, cut back, reduce, trim back, trim down, bring down
means	(verb) reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?" reduce, shrink
means	(verb) lower the pitch of (musical notes) drop, flatten
means	(verb) go down in value; "Stock prices dropped" drop
means	(verb) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" humble, humiliate, chagrin, abase, mortify
means	(verb) cook until very little liquid is left; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time" reduce, boil down, concentrate
means	(verb) become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours" slack off, slack, let up, abate, die away
means	(verb) become less intense slacken off, ease up, ease off, flag
means	(verb) fall sharply; "stock prices broke" break
means	(verb) fall or diminish; "The number of students in this course dropped off after the first test" drop off
means	(verb) make less active or intense slake, slack, abate
means	(verb) reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture" demean, put down, disgrace, degrade, take down
means	(verb) bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition; "She was drawn to despair"; "The President refused to be drawn into delivering an ultimatum"; "The session was drawn to a close" draw
means	(verb) humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her" crush, demolish, smash
means	(verb) destroy completely; "the wrecking ball demolished the building"; "demolish your enemies"; "pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand" pulverise, pulverize, demolish
means	(verb) grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned" wane, decline, go down
means	(verb) make lower or quieter; "turn down the volume of a radio" lower, turn down, lour
means	(verb) be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup" decoct, reduce, concentrate, boil down
means	(verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" shorten, reduce, abbreviate, contract, abridge, cut, foreshorten
means	(verb) decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" fall, decrease, diminish, lessen
means	(verb) lower in value by increasing the base-metal content debase, alloy

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