Answer:
synoyms for minimise is decrease,reduce and diminish. Synoyms for predacious is rapacious.
voracious, greedy, bloodthirsty, carnivorous, hungry, hunting, and preying. Hoped this helped!!!
Answer: "The (1846) crack" is what both sentences have in common, therefore we can combine them like this:
Since it could not be fixed, the Liberty Bell has had that crack in it ever since.