Decrease and Suppress

noun

• A change downward.
  • usage: "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"
  • synonyms: lessening, drop-off
• A process of becoming smaller or shorter.
  • synonyms: decrement
• The amount by which something decreases.
  • synonyms: decrement
• The act of decreasing or reducing something.
  • synonyms: diminution, reduction, step-down

verb

• Decrease in size, extent, or range.
  • usage: "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
  • synonyms: diminish, lessen, fall
• Make smaller.
  • usage: "He decreased his staff"
  • synonyms: lessen, minify

• (v.t.) To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as, extravagance decreases one's means.
• (v.) A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a decrease of revenue or of strength.
• (n.) To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc. or in strength, quality or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to December.
• (v.) The wane of the moon.

verb

• To put down by force or authority.
  • usage: "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
  • synonyms: stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
• Come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority.
  • usage: "The government oppresses political activists"
  • synonyms: oppress, crush
• Control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior.
  • synonyms: inhibit, bottle up
• Put out of one's consciousness.
  • synonyms: repress
• Reduce the incidence or severity of or stop.
  • usage: "suppress a yawn"; "this drug can suppress the hemorrhage"

• (v.t.) To retain without disclosure; to conceal; not to reveal; to prevent publication of; as, to suppress evidence; to suppress a pamphlet; to suppress the truth.
• (v.t.) To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to suppress a diarrhea or a hemorrhage.
• (v.t.) To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.
• (v.t.) To keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to suppress the voice; to suppress a smile.