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Verb downsizes, downsizing, downsized
downsize - reduce in size or number; "the company downsized its research staff"
		trim back, trim down, cut back, bring down, cut down, trim, reduce, cut return in time; "the film cut back to an earlier event in the story"
downsize - make in a smaller size; "the car makers downsized the SUVs when fuel became very expensive"
		shrink, reduce decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"
downsize - dismiss from work; "three secretaries were downsized during the financial crisis"
		furlough, lay off grant a leave to; "The prisoner was furloughed for the weekend to visit her children"