suppress or crush completely | take off weight |
cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid | cut down on; make a reduction in |
reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance | narrow or limit |
satisfy (thirst) | cook until very little liquid is left |
suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device | to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons |
put out, as of fires, flames, or lights | make smaller |
| reduce in size; reduce physically |
| make less complex |
| reduce in scope while retaining essential elements |
| lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture |
| be cooked until very little liquid is left |
| be the essential element |
| destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it |
| undergo meiosis |
| reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site |
| lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation |
| lessen and make more modest |
| simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another |
| bring to humbler or weaker state or condition |
| put down by force or intimidation |