French

Verb

réduire

1. to reduce
2. to cut (prices); to shorten (text); to reduce, scale down (pictures etc.)
3. to reduce (someone) à to

   Je les ai réduits en esclavage. I reduced them to slavery.

4. to reduce (something) en to

   La maison fut réduite en cendres. The house was reduced to ashes.

5. (medicine) to reduce, set
6. (chemistry, cooking) to reduce
7. (military) to capture (place), quell (opposition etc.)
8. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to amount, come down à to

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