The Collaborative International Dictionary
minimize \min"i*mize\ (m[i^]n"[i^]*m[imac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. minimized (m[i^]n"[i^]*m[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. minimizing (m[i^]n"[i^]*m[imac]*z[i^]ng).]
To reduce to the smallest part or proportion possible; to reduce to a minimum.
--Bentham.To represent, to oneself or others, as of no importance or minimal importance or effect; to belittle or disarage.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of minimize English)
Usage examples of "minimizing".
Some within the Bush administration find this approach particularly appealing because they believe it plays to America's strengths while minimizing the aspects of military operations that the American public finds least appealing.
On the other hand, the speed and decisiveness of an invasion over a pure air strategy offer the enormous advantages of minimizing civilian casualties among both Iraqis and our regional allies and providing the closest thing to certainty that Saddam's regime will be ousted quickly and definitively.
It would assure the moderate Arab states that we were serious about removing him and that we would do so as promptly as possible, thus minimizing the extent of the internal disruptions they would have to endure.
For this reason as well, moving fast, getting the ground battles started (and won) quickly, and convincing the Iraqi armed forces that Saddam's days in power are over would be critical to minimizing U.
The Turks would insist on minimizing the influence and autonomy of the Kurds in any new government.
Thick protective layers glistened, and it maintained a spherical form, ideal for minimizing exposure.
Rather, the cover-up was executed more subtly, by emphasizing the significance of some events, and minimizing others out of all proportion.
If pressed, he would admit the human insistence on minimizing complexity had its own virtues, but he was an Orion, not a human, and the more he saw of Vanessa Murakuma, the more he liked her.
You were not the cause of that disruption, but you are the key to minimizing or erasing it.
Within the minimizing ripple effect, we can make you whatever you want wherever and whenever you want to be.
But Glyn had a knack for bringing death to others while minimizing the risks to himself, either of reprisal or capture.