Meanings of great diminution in English

Of late years, the trade of Sierra Leone has suffered great diminution.

We perceived great diminution by melting in the pieces near us.

Alcoholism, which was common in these patients, showed a great diminution at the end of 10 years.

Ten years later it had to report a great diminution in its flocks and herds and its neophytes.

There did not, however, appear to have been any great diminution in the numbers of infantry holding the trenches.

The long interval that has elapsed since I was in Ceylon, has caused a great diminution in the wild animals.

In the midst of the great struggle there was, of course, a great diminution of attention to matters of education.

What is almost as remarkable as the enormous increase in the production of Bessemer steel is the great diminution in its cost.

The Government resolved to introduce the American system, by which Arms might be produced much more perfectly, and at a great diminution of cost.

A large crest of feathers, as Mr. Tegetmeier has remarked, seems always accompanied by a great diminution or almost entire absence of the comb.

After a long continuance of the latter, she had a great diminution of urine, and considerable difficulty of breathing, particularly on motion, or when lying.

This is a full degree less than it was on the east side of Sandy Cape, and captain Cook's observations show a still greater diminution.