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Antonyms for increase:


noun addition, growth

decline
decrease
drop
loss
shrinkage
abridgment
compression
reduction
depletion
diminishment
subtraction

verb add or grow

abridge
cease
compress
condense
contract
curtail
decelerate
decrease
demolish
destroy
diminish
discourage
divide
drop
halt
hinder
hurt
lessen
lower
narrow
prevent
raze
recede
reduce
repress
restrict
shorten
shrink
slow
stop
undermine
weaken
abbreviate
decline
deflate
degrade
fall
retreat
deplete
lose
subtract

Examples of uses:

You want to increase production, you should increase also the salary
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Because the only way to increase the power was to increase the size of the photon generator chambers.
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We have to discuss this immediately. You want to increase production, you should increase also the salary
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Those who increase in knowledge increase in sorrow.
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You know, Doctor, one way to increase your allocation of resources on Level Blue would be to increase the number of patients.
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For a diagnosis of tularemia you need a fourfold increase in serum antibody levels. To measure an increase you need a before.
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Just part of a muscular body of evidence that, say activists, proves suspect-eating is on the increase, and that the increase is getting rapid.
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The speed will increase. The grade will increase. You'll go into oxygen debt.
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Playing classical music for babies is supposed to increase their spatio-temporal reasoning and increase intelligence.
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The increase in mass makes it harder for the object to increase its speed.
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