merma

Definitions of merma
  1. noun
    the act of decreasing or reducing something
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    antonyms:
    aumento, crecimiento, incremento
    the act of increasing something
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    recorte, reducción, rescisión
    a reduction in quantity or rate
    desvaloración, desvalorización, devaluación
    the reduction of something's value or worth
    ablandamiento, alivio, atenuación, mitigación
    to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
    aligeramiento, alivio
    the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)
    desescalada
    (war) a reduction in intensity (of a crisis or a war)
    agotamiento, disminución, reducción
    the act of decreasing something markedly
    resta, sustracción
    the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)
    descuento
    the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
    distensión
    the easing of tensions or strained relations (especially between nations)
    apertura, expansión, liberalización
    the act of making less strict
    descompresión
    relieving pressure (especially bringing a compressed person gradually back to atmospheric pressure)
    corte, desmonte, recorte, tajo
    the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
    miniatura, miniaturización
    act of making on a greatly reduced scale
    contracción
    (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)
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