reduce, exhaust, decrease, lessen
Well there are alot of other words for reduce one could be decline, decrease or lessen
Lessen?
The word reduce is one possibility.
She wanted to lessen her workload by delegating some tasks to her team.
The root word "reduce" means to make something smaller, lessen, or simplify. It can also refer to diminishing or bringing down in quantity or size.
The homophone for "to reduce" is "to deduce."
reduce, decrease
Lessen, reduce.
The best way to understand phrases is to break down each word's meaning. Mortality is deaths. Child typically means under age 12 (in medicine regarding deaths). Reduce means to lessen or reduce. So "reduce child mortality" means to lessen or reduce deaths of children under 12 years of age.
The homophones for something learned are "taught" and "taut." The homophones for to reduce are "adduce" and "deduce."
Some synonyms for the word diminished are: Decline Decrease Depreciate Dwindle Ebb Lessen Lower Reduce Shrink Weaken