VERB: "to decrease in size, extent, or degree" Crossword Clue

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VERB: "to decrease in size, extent, or degree" Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
(verb)
1. grow smaller
2. become smaller

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

DECREASE (noun)
1. a process of becoming smaller or shorter
2. the act of decreasing or reducing something
DECREASE (verb)
1. decrease in size, extent, or range
2. make smaller
DEGREE (noun)
1. a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
2. a measure for arcs and angles

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Across

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Down

1. Brooklyn-born billionaire

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5. NOUN: "an implement for writing or drawing with ink or a similar fluid"

6. GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "province of eastern Canada...bordering the U.S. states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York"

7. NOUN: "a group of usually domesticated animals or plants presumably related by descent from common ancestors and visibly similar in most characters"

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17. Aspects

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23. NOUN: "a lack of something requisite, desirable, or useful"

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