diminish

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Diminish the flow, and saltwater contaminates the drinking water supply and the entire natural system that sustains human populations, not just wildlife.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2023

More From William D. Cohan » March 16, 2010 Divide and Diminish The human impulse to parcel nature into smaller and smaller plots is a danger to biodiversity.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2010

More From Robert Wright » March 16, 2010 Divide and Diminish The human impulse to parcel nature into smaller and smaller plots is a danger to biodiversity.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2010

Diminish the proportion of oxygen, and the circulation and respiration become too slow, weakness and lassitude ensue, and a sense of heaviness and uneasiness pervades the entire system.

From Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes by Mayhew, Ira

Diminish suddenly the number of those who desire to sell it, and the farmer may be ruined.

From The slave trade, domestic and foreign Why It Exists, and How It May Be Extinguished by Carey, H. C. (Henry Charles)