make less intense Synonym

destroy, devastate, annihilate, obliterate, ravage, ruin, demolish, wreck, crush, exterminate, eradicate, wipe out, slaughter, massacre, butcher, slay, eliminate, liquidate, extirpate, raze, desolate, lay waste, tear down, level, flatten, shatter, smash, break down, dismantle, disassemble, disintegrate, fragment, splinter, wreckage, havoc, spoil, mar, impair, cripple, disable, incapacitate, maim, mutilate, deface, deform, disfigure, vandalize, sabotage, gut, trash [x]

alleviate, reduce, lessen, diminish, ease, relieve, soften, moderate, temper, allay, assuage, palliate, abate, lighten, mollify, soothe, blunt, weaken, dampen, placate, quell, calm, cushion, tone down, extenuate, mitigate, appease [x]

reduce, shorten, diminish, decrease, cut, trim, lessen, abbreviate, restrict, limit, downsize, pare, shrink, truncate, slash, curb, retrench, contract, abridge, condense, compress, prune, clip, cut back, cut down, scale down, taper, narrow, cut short, cut off, cut back on, cut down on, hold back, rein in, check, restrain, constrain, confine, moderate, temper, tone down, cut to the bone, cut to the quick, cut to the core, cut to the heart, cut to the chase, cut to the nub, cut to the essence, cut to the marrow [x]

alleviate-pressure, reduce-stress, ease-burden, lessen-tension, diminish-strain, relieve-pressure, lighten-load, soften-impact, decrease-strain, moderate-stress, soothe-tension, abate-pressure, mitigate-stress, assuage-burden, temper-strain, calm-tension, allay-pressure, ease-strain, lessen-burden, reduce-tension, relieve-strain, lighten-burden, diminish-stress, alleviate-strain, decrease-tension, moderate-strain, soothe-stress, abate-strain, mitigate-tension, assuage-strain, temper-stress, calm-strain, allay-stress, ease-pressure, lessen-stress, reduce-burden, relieve-tension, lighten-strain, diminish-burden, alleviate-tension, decrease-burden, moderate-tension, soothe-burden, abate-tension, mitigate-burden, assuage-tension, temper-burden, calm-burden, allay-tension [x]

dull, numb, blunt, desensitize, muffle, dampen, stifle, weaken, diminish, reduce, alleviate, mitigate, lessen, moderate, soften, subdue, suppress, tone down, quiet, pacify, tranquilize, anesthetize, narcotize, paralyze, stupefy, benumb, deaden, insensate, obtund [x]

reduce-conflict, ease-tension, alleviate-discord, lessen-disagreement, smooth-over, diminish-strain, soften-clash, moderate-dispute, relieve-friction, decrease-tension, pacify-disagreement, temper-conflict, assuage-discord, mollify-tension, placate-dispute, soothe-strain, calm-clash, defuse-disagreement, mitigate-tension, ease-discord, lessen-strain, alleviate-tension, reduce-discord, diminish-disagreement, smooth-tension, moderate-strain, relieve-discord, decrease-disagreement, pacify-tension, temper-strain, assuage-tension, mollify-discord, placate-tension, soothe-discord, calm-disagreement, defuse-tension, mitigate-discord, ease-strain, lessen-discord, alleviate-strain, reduce-tension, diminish-discord, smooth-disagreement, moderate-tension, relieve-strain, decrease-discord, pacify-discord, temper-tension [x]

melts, eases, relaxes, smooths, mitigates, alleviates, calms, soothes, tempers, moderates, mollifies, pacifies, lessens, diminishes, reduces, attenuates, relieves, loosens, gentles, tones down, blunts, cushions, buffers, assuages, appeases, placates, defuses, tranquilizes, quiets, hushes, lulls, subdues, tames, weakens, softens up, makes tender, makes gentle, makes less severe, makes less intense, makes less harsh, makes less rigid, makes more pliable, makes more flexible, makes more yielding, makes more lenient, makes more indulgent, makes more compassionate, makes more understanding, makes more forgiving [x]

alleviates-the-problem, reduces-the-issue, lessens-the-problem, eases-the-issue, diminishes-the-problem, relieves-the-issue, ameliorates-the-problem, softens-the-issue, moderates-the-problem, lightens-the-issue, abates-the-problem, assuages-the-issue, mitigates-the-problem, palliates-the-issue, tempers-the-problem [x]

alleviates-the-problem, reduces-the-problem, lessens-the-problem, eases-the-problem, diminishes-the-problem, relieves-the-problem, ameliorates-the-problem, softens-the-problem, lightens-the-problem, moderates-the-problem, attenuates-the-problem, abates-the-problem, assuages-the-problem, palliates-the-problem, tempers-the-problem, soothes-the-problem, mollifies-the-problem, mitigates-the-issue, alleviates-the-issue, reduces-the-issue, lessens-the-issue, eases-the-issue, diminishes-the-issue, relieves-the-issue, ameliorates-the-issue, softens-the-issue, lightens-the-issue, moderates-the-issue, attenuates-the-issue, abates-the-issue, assuages-the-issue, palliates-the-issue, tempers-the-issue, soothes-the-issue, mollifies-the-issue [x]

downplays-the-issue, minimizes-the-issue trivializes-the-issue, understates-the-issue, belittles-the-issue, marginalizes-the-issue, reduces-the-issue, lessens-the-issue, de-emphasizes-the-issue, soft-pedals-the-issue [x]

slims, narrows, reduces, diminishes, tapers, attenuates, lessens, decreases, weakens, shrinks, contracts, condenses, slenders, refines, sifts, filters, clarifies, purifies, distills, winnows, pares, trims, prunes, abridges, abbreviates, curtails, cuts, slashes, shears, scales down, slims down, pares down, whittles down, pares back, cuts back, scales back, slims out, thins out, lightens, alleviates, mitigates, relieves, eases, moderates, tempers, softens, mollifies, palliates, extenuates, ameliorates [x]

decrease, reduce, lessen, lower, shrink, decline, dwindle, diminish, abate, subside, wane, taper, contract, curtail, cut, slash, trim, pare, attenuate, ebb, recede, mitigate, alleviate, moderate, downsize, minify, depreciate, deplete, drain, exhaust, sap, weaken, undermine, erode, thin, dilute, deflate, abridge, truncate, abbreviate, cut back, cut down, scale down, cut short, knock down, knock off, knock back, whittle down, shave off [x]

reduziert, verringert, verkleinert, minimiert,zt, senkt, drosselt, beschränkt, mindert, abbaut, einschränkt, zurückfährt, herabsetzt, verkürzt, vermindert, abschwächt, absenkt, zurücknimmt, einspart, einengt, verknappt, verengt, abmildert, abschneidet, einzieht, abzieht, zurückschraubt, zurückstellt, zurücktritt, zurückzieht [x]

alters, modifies, transforms, changes, adjusts, reconfigures, remodels, reworks, revises, restructures, reforms, refashions, redesigns, reconstitutes, reengineers, reorients, reorders, reorganizes, redefines, reestablishes, renovates, renews, revamps, retools, reconditions, refigures, rephrases, reinterprets, reimagines, reestyles, reprocesses, reprograms, reequips, reequilibrates, recalibrates, repositions, reassigns, reclassifies, requalifies [x]

reduce substantially, decrease considerably, diminish greatly, lessen markedly, lower significantly, trim extensively, heavily, curtail drastically, scale down, pare back, cut down, minimize greatly, shrink significantly, whittle down, cut deeply, reduce drastically, decrease sharply, lessen significantly, diminish substantially, lower considerably, trim significantly, slash significantly, curtail significantly, scale back, pare down, cut significantly, minimize substantially, shrink considerably, whittle significantly, cut back, reduce greatly, decrease markedly, lessen greatly, diminish considerably, lower markedly, trim greatly, slash considerably, curtail greatly, scale significantly, pare significantly, cut extensively, minimize significantly, shrink greatly, whittle considerably, cut sharply, reduce extensively, decrease greatly, lessen substantially, diminish sharply [x]