reduces

"to reduce weight, speed, heat, expenses, price, personnel etc."

""He reduces by exercising and eating healthy food." "

"Hester Prynne was shocked at the condition to which she found the clergyman reduced."

"to reduce a province or a fort"

"to reduce a city to ashes"

"The chef reduces the tomato sauce over low heat to make it thicker and more flavorful. "

"Adding hydrogen reduces the organic molecule, changing its properties. "

"The smelter reduces iron ore to usable iron by removing the oxygen and other impurities. "

"The teacher reduces the fraction 4/8 to 1/2 to make it easier to understand. "

"Instead of designing a brand new search algorithm, the team reduces the problem to sorting a list, allowing them to use well-established and efficient sorting methods. "

"The professor reduces the complex logical argument into a simple chart to help the students understand it better. "

"It is important that all business contracts be reduced to writing."

"The doctor carefully reduces the dislocated shoulder to relieve the patient's pain. "

"The marching band director reduces the formation, turning it from a square into a single line. "

"Due to budget cuts, the company reduces its workforce by laying off ten employees. "

"The court reduces the speeding ticket to a parking violation if the driver completes a defensive driving course. "

"a book reduced into English"