1. reduced
Our school was reduced to ashes.
The convicted drug dealer was willing to comply with the authorities to have his death sentence reduced to a life sentence.
We reduced our spending during the recession.
Mass production reduced the price of many goods.
Those shoes have been reduced.
Was it someone who paid a reduced fare to travel
His income has been reduced after he changed his job.
The reduced price of luxury goods is just window dressing to make the new consumption tax look better.
Those who choose to retire can do so as early as sixty-two, although starting to draw their Social Security distributions at that age would mean that the payments would be reduced by twenty percent.
The incumbent's rival is taking issue with the claim that crime was reduced by 50% under the current administration.
Productivity has fallen. Accordingly, workers' bonuses will be reduced.
The government ordered that the price of soap be reduced by two pence.
reduced by
If long-term beds are reduced, then it won't be possible to do that and normal sickbeds will also be adversely affected.
It's very easy to drink potato shochu now that the potato-like smell has been reduced to a low level through use of the latest biotechnology.
2. relieved
I was too relieved for a long moment to say anything.
I'm relieved
Remain at your post until relieved.
After you take the medicine, your stomachache will be much relieved.
It's marvelous how quickly the medicine relieved my pain.
"yes, it's exciting story," said Marlin, relieved that he had got her to stop reciting.
When i hand in my papers at the endof an exam i feel relieved that it's over.
You've no idea how relieved I am to hear your voice.
When her son finally came home after midnight, she was relieved that he hadn’t had an accident.
[+ to infinitive] I'm so relieved to find you - I thought you'd already gone. He was relieved to see Jeannie reach the other side of the river safely. [+ (that)] I'm relieved (that) you didn't tell her.
She was immensely relieved when the medical test proved to be negative.
She was relieved to see the bright lights of the terminal only a few feet away.
But answering them took up the time and energy he needed for his writing, so that he was rather relieved that
If you are relieved, you feel happy because something unpleasant has not happened or is no longer happening.
Soldiers were regularly relieved and found relative safety in the dug-outs.