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decrease in size, extent, or range
<verb.change>   freq. cnt.: 31 freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3

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sample sentences

"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"

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decrease decrease decrease decrease
antonym
increase
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diminution
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fall
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hyponym
break shrink, shrivel taper drop off vanish, fly, vaporize break ease up, ease off, slacken off, flag weaken boil down, reduce, decoct, concentrate shrink, contract shrink, wither, shrivel, shrivel up die away, let up, abate, slack off, slack deflate dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down remit de-escalate depreciate, undervalue, devaluate, devalue shorten thin out go down, decline, wane wane wane slow, slow down, decelerate, slow up, retard decrescendo
hypernym
change magnitude