3 synonym groups for Reducing

relieving, easing, mitigating, reducing, lessening, assuaging, soothing, diminishing, alleviating, lightening, abating, mollifying, tempering, moderating, softening, calming, pacifying, palliating, quieting, tranquilizing, comforting, appeasing, placating, allaying, dulling, numbing, deadening, blunting, weakening, subduing, quelling, suppressing [x]

reduce-the-tension, ease-the-tension, alleviate-the-tension, lessen-the-tension, diminish-the-tension, defuse-the-tension, calm-the-tension, mitigate-the-tension, soothe-the-tension, relieve-the-tension, decrease-the-tension, moderate-the-tension, pacify-the-tension, temper-the-tension, soften-the-tension, abate-the-tension, assuage-the-tension, allay-the-tension, placate-the-tension, mollify-the-tension [x]

slashes, incisions, gashes, lacerations, wounds, slits, slices, chops, cleaves, carvings, notches, nicks, snips, trims, reductions, abridgements, abbreviations, curtailments, diminutions, decreases, edits, excisions, deletions, removals, subtractions, clippings, prunings, shears, shavings, parings, dissections, divisions, separations, splits, fractures, breaks, ruptures, tears, rents, fissures, cracks, clefts, openings, apertures, breaches, gaps [x]