"minimize the likelihood" is correct and can be used in written English.
It means to reduce the chance or probability of something happening. Example: We must take precautions to minimize the likelihood of a fire in the building.
…with the responsibility for assigning aircraft to selected paths that minimize the likelihood of collision.
Consumers can minimize the likelihood of wallet-stinging damage, though, with some strategic planning.
These new limitations will help minimize the likelihood and severity of hits to the head.
The GoE is therefore working to minimize the likelihood of a spillover effect in Ethiopia's Somali Regional State.
Does your office setup — the placement of your chair, monitor and light source — minimize the likelihood of eyestrain?
"There were multiple decisions we made before, during and after surgery to minimize the likelihood of bleeding," Hanley told me.
The Diallo case, and the restrained weekend protests it inspired, are an urgent call for police reforms designed to minimize the likelihood of another such tragedy.
But he said more research was needed to make sure any drug formula tested in a clinical trial would "minimize the likelihood of a deleterious effect".
Despite the many clever ways that the spy agencies try to minimize the likelihood that their satellites will be spotted, he said, they will be.
On a ship like the Al Rekayyat, the L.N.G. is contained in special tanks designed to minimize the likelihood of leaks.
Additionally, these studies used a medication-free phase that was relatively brief (7 days maximum), which would minimize the likelihood that prior antipsychotic effects had cleared.
