hiljentää verb (to reduce the volume of (music, a sound, etc.))
maltillistua verb (to act in a less assertive or forceful manner)
painaa villaisella verb (to reduce the force or impact of (something) — see also damp, mute)
pehmitellä verb (to reduce the force or impact of (something) — see also damp, mute)

French

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mettre la pédale douce verb (to reduce the force or impact of (something) — see also damp, mute)

German

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herunterspielen verb (to reduce the force or impact of (something) — see also damp, mute)

Italian

2 entries

abbindolare verb (to attempt to persuade someone about (something) through understatement)
sottacere verb (to reduce the force or impact of (something) — see also damp, mute)

Macedonian

1 entries

у́блажи verb (to reduce the force or impact of (something) — see also damp, mute)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

prigušiti verb (to reduce the volume of (music, a sound, etc.))
prigušiti verb (to reduce the force or impact of (something) — see also damp, mute)
ublažiti verb (to reduce the force or impact of (something) — see also damp, mute)
umekšati verb (to reduce the volume of (music, a sound, etc.))

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But when the first female also-ran at a convention merits such hoopla and hosannas, then it is harder for viewers to understand why the Democrats seem intent on soft-pedaling their presumptive nominee's arguably more remarkable breakthrough.

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