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[rə'dju:s]1) (to make less, smaller etc: The shop reduced its prices; The train reduced speed.) minnka, lækka2) (to lose weight by dieting: I must reduce to get into that dress.) grennast3) (to drive, or put, into a particular (bad) state: The bombs reduced the city to ruins; She was so angry, she was almost reduced to tears; During the famine, many people were reduced to eating grass and leaves.) koma/setja í slæmt ástand•- reduction
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