10 examples of reduce
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to reduce a sergeant to the ranks; to reduce a drawing; to reduce expenses; to reduce the intensity of heat
2
to reduce a province or a fort
3
to reduce a substance to powder, or to a pasty mass; to reduce fruit, wood, or paper rags, to pulp.
4
to reduce animals or vegetables to a class or classes; to reduce a series of observations in astronomy; to reduce language to rules.
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to reduce pounds, shillings, and pence to pence, or to reduce pence to pounds; to reduce days and hours to minutes, or minutes to days and hours.
6
to reduce fractions to their lowest terms, to a common denominator, etc.
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metals are reduced from their ores
8
ferric iron is reduced to ferrous iron; aldehydes can be reduced to alcohols by lithium hydride;
9
to reduce a dislocation, a fracture, or a hernia
10
The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land