reduce to
phrasal verbreduce somebody/something (from something) to (doing) something
- [usually passive] to force somebody/something into a particular state or condition, usually a worse one
- a beautiful building reduced to rubble
- She was reduced to tears by their criticisms.
- They were reduced to begging in the streets.
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reduce something to something
- to change something to a more general or simpler form
- We can reduce the problem to two main issues.