reduce

To bring down, as in extent, amount, or degree; diminish. synonym: decrease.

To bring to a humbler, weaker, difficult, or forced state or condition; especially.

To gain control of; subject or conquer.

To subject to destruction.

To bring to a specified undesirable state, as of weakness or helplessness.

To compel to desperate acts.

To lower in rank or grade; demote.

To thicken or intensify the flavor of (a sauce, for example) by slow boiling.

To lower the price of.

To decrease the viscosity of (paint, for example), as by adding a solvent.