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Reduce

/rəˈdus/
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(verb) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.

We have to reduce the cost to a minimum.
We must reduce energy demand.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The government introduced measures to ____ carbon emissions by forty percent within a decade.

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