I.down1[美 daʊn, 英 daʊn]副down often appears as the second element of certain verb structures in English (back down, clamp down, tone down, etc). For translations, see the relevant verb entry (back, clamp, tone, etc).
At both papers, journalists have complained that foreign owners are telling them to lessen the political coverage and tone down their negative reporting of the government.
Having spell levels allowed the game designers to tone down extremely powerful spells from the original, such as crater, volcano, earthquake, and meteor.