minimize
verb (used with object)
to reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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I would not have you think that I am minimizing the value of the services of these men.
From The Emma Gees by Herbert Wes McBride