What are some opposite words for enlargement?

Antonyms for enlargement
ɛnˈlɑrdʒ mənten·large·ment

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  1. expansion, enlargementnoun

    the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope

    Synonyms:
    elaboration, blowup, expansion, magnification, expanding upon

  2. enlargementnoun

    the state of being enlarged

    Synonyms:
    expansion, blowup, magnification, elaboration

  3. expansion, enlargement, elaborationnoun

    a discussion that provides additional information

    Synonyms:
    intricacy, elaborateness, elaboration, magnification, blowup, amplification, involution, expansion, expanding upon, refinement, working out

  4. enlargement, blowup, magnificationnoun

    a photographic print that has been enlarged

    Synonyms:
    detonation, outburst, elaboration, gush, magnification, blowup, explosion, effusion, overstatement, expansion, exaggeration, ebullition

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  1. enlargementnoun

    Synonyms:
    augmentation, extension, expansion, dilation, development, growth, increase, amplification, dilatation, ennoblement, expatiation

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How to use enlargement in a sentence?

  1. Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto:

    If NATO does not continue the enlargement process that would also erode NATO's credibility significantly.

  2. Dartmouth College anthropologist Jeremy DeSilva:

    Our science has known for decades that upright walking, bipedalism, preceded brain enlargement over the course of human evolution. But never before has it been so obvious. Homo naledi possessed a strikingly modern human-like foot, even though its brain was only about one-third the size of our brains today.

  3. Andrey Kortunov:

    If it fails, it will be a big loss for Gazprom and the Russian economy, but it's not like the Russians will say okay, you can go ahead with the NATO enlargement, but as long as Nord Stream 2 is operational, that's fine, the question is what is [ Putin's ] ultimate aim ? He's got the money, the currency reserves that Russia has saved, it can afford to lose money right now... is the economic relationship, the pipeline, a cost he's willing to pay ?

  4. George Ciamba:

    It's very important to give a political signal that enlargement is not dead.

  5. William Catalona:

    We don’t know what causes benign prostatic enlargement, it’s one of the great mysteries, and we really wish we did because it’s such a prevalent condition, sometimes men need to get up every hour at night.

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