Answer: depresses

AnswerCrossword Clue
DEPRESSESCheapens
DEPRESSESTakes the starch out of
depressesReduce the level or strength of activity in (something, esp. an economic or biological system)
depressesPush or pull (something) down into a lower position
depressesDEPRESS, to make sad (unhappy (sad))
depressesMake (someone) feel utterly dispirited or dejected