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minimize collapse: make small or insignificant; "Let's minimize the risk"; cause to seem less serious; play down; "Don't belittle his influence"

deprecate collapse: belittle; "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts"; express strong disapproval of; deplore

degrade collapse: lower the grade of something; reduce its worth; reduce the level of land, as by erosion

depreciate collapse: lose in value; "The dollar depreciated again"; lower the value of something; "The Fed depreciated the dollar once again"

disparage collapse: express a negative opinion of; "She disparaged her student's efforts"

take away collapse: take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables"; take away a part from; diminish; "His bad manners detract from his good character"; remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state; "Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands"; "The car carried us off to the meeting"; "I'll take you away on a holiday"; "I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry"; take from a person or place; "We took the abused child away from its parents"

libel collapse: the written statement of a plaintiff explaining the cause of action (the defamation) and any relief he seeks; a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person; print slanderous statements against; "The newspaper was accused of libeling him"

discount collapse: the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise; give a reduction in price on; "I never discount these books-they sell like hot cakes"

bate collapse: soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments; "bate hides and skins"; flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons; moderate or restrain; lessen the force of; "He bated his breath when talking about this affair"; "capable of bating his enthusiasm"

run down collapse: injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle; pursue until captured; "They ran down the fugitive"; move downward; "The water ran down"; deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"; trace; "We are running down a few tips"

shorten collapse: become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten"; make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness"; make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"

purify collapse: remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water"; make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified"; become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin; "The hippies came to the ashram in order to purify"

retrench collapse: make a reduction, as in one's workforce; "The company had to retrench"; tighten one's belt; use resources carefully

leach collapse: the process of leaching; remove substances from by a percolating liquid; "leach the soil"; permeate or penetrate gradually; "the fertilizer leached into the ground"; cause (a liquid) to leach or percolate

bring down collapse: cause to be enthusiastic; "Her playing brought down the house"

write off collapse: reduce the estimated value of something; "For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer"; concede the loss or worthlessness of something or somebody; "write it off as a loss"; write something fluently, and without hesitation; cancel (a debt)

malign collapse: evil or harmful in nature or influence; "prompted by malign motives"; "believed in witches and malign spirits"; "gave him a malign look"; "a malign lesion"

descend collapse: move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"

refine collapse: make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of; "refine a method of analysis"; "refine the constant in the equation"; attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or validity by polishing or purifying; "many valuable nutrients are refined out of the foods in our modern diet"; reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities; "refine sugar"; treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition; "refine paper stock"; "refine pig iron"; "refine oil"

discredit collapse: cause to be distrusted or disbelieved; "The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary"; damage the reputation of; "This newspaper story discredits the politicians"

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