reduce
/rɪˈdjuːs/ verb [T]Definition
› to make something less: to reduce air pollution Prices have been reduced by almost 50 percent. The number of employees was reduced from 500 to 300.
› to add one or more electrons to a substance or to remove oxygen from a substance
(Definition of reduce verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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