reduce
reduce [-d, -s] v
L. redūcěre, bring back, restore, replace < re-, again + dūcěre, lead, bring.
- Diminish; decrease; depreciate; devalue; cause to seem small and unimportant in comparison.
- Shrink; lessen; grow smaller.
- Degrade; cheapen; debase; demean.
- [Fig.] eliminate; destroy; kill; suppress; repress; subdue; extinguish; quench; snuff out; put down; do away with.