minimize
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verb
abbreviate, abridge, attach little importance to, attenuate, bedwarf, belittle, cheapen, clip, criticize, curtail, cut down, cut down to size, cut short decimate, decrease, decry, deduct, deflate, degrade, demote, depreciate, derogate, detract, diminish, discount, disparage, disprize, dwarf, lessen, lower, make brief, make less, make little of, make smaller, make thin, misprize, overshadow, pare, pay little attention to, pay little heed to, prune, reduce, render less, ridicule, run down, scale down, scorn, set at naught, shave, shorten, show no respect, shrink, slash, slight, slur over, sneer at, strip, subtract, thin, think little of, think nothing of, underestimate, underpraise, underprice, underrate, underreckon, understate, undervalue
associated concepts: minimize damage
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index
allay, commute, decrease, depreciate, dilute, diminish, disparage, lessen, misprize, palliate (abate), reduce, remit (relax), underestimate
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006