Word of the day: reduced

[johngalt2]

It was new to me, and I like the sound of it. I can think of a lot of very useful "reductions".

Mexican army kills 12 gunmen in shootout near Texas border

FTA

The department wrote on its social media accounts that soldiers came under attack and that 12 suspects were “reduced” in the shootout. The word is an old-style reference to killing suspects.

 

[556USER]

Threat reduced to zero.

 

[MisterHappy]

 

[Rocky Mosasaurus]

12 out of 12 ain't bad! Time to reduce the rest!