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• suppress go
  reduce the incidence or severity of or stop
  
• mitigate go
  make less severe or harsh
  
• pare, pare down go
  decrease gradually or bit by bit
  
• limit, confine, circumscribe go
  restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
  
• concentrate, reduce, boil down go
  cook until very little liquid is left
  
• shrink, reduce go
  reduce in size
  
• cut, contract, reduce, shorten, abridge, abbreviate, foreshorten go
  reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
  
• slack, slake, abate go
  make less active or intense
  
• lower, lour, turn down go
  make lower or quieter
  
• weaken, de-escalate, step down go
  reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of
  
• minimize, minimise go
  make small or insignificant
  
• cut, trim, reduce, cut back, cut down, trim down, trim back, bring down go
  cut down on
  
• cut go
  have a reducing effect
  
• slack, relax, slacken, slack up go
  make less active or fast
  
• diminish, belittle go
  lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of