DIMINISH
diminish
Verb
- To make smaller.
 - To become smaller.
 - To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken.
 - To taper.
 - To disappear gradually.
 - To take away; to subtract.
 - To reduce a perfect or minor interval by a semitone.
 
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