| discontinue(verb, stop, end, halt, finish) |
| disregard |
| downsize(reduce, restrain, halt, limit, restrict) |
| edit out(verb, expression, phrasal verb) |
| elide(cut, diminish, decrease, contract, curtail) |
| erase |
| erode(verb, diminish, decrease) |
| extenuate(verb, decline, reduce, moderate, lower) |
| get to the meat(verb, expression, idiom, cut, reduce) |
| lighten(verb, diminish) |
| limit(verb, restrain, restrict, condense, curtail) |
| lop(verb, cut, reduce, restrain, halt) |
| moderate(verb, decline, reduce, lower, weaken) |
| mow(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, lessen) |
| obstruct(verb, stop, end, halt, finish) |
| press(verb, close, restrict, crowd, condense) |
| put in a nutshell(verb, expression, idiom, cut, reduce) |
| shrivel(verb, close, decline, reduce, moderate) |
| solidify(verb, concentrate, squeeze, curtail, compact) |
| stop(verb, end, halt, finish, hinder) |