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edit(verb, cut, decline, remove, reduce)
6
deflate(verb, cut, decline, reduce, diminish)
6
drain(verb, cut, decline, reduce, ease)
6
minimize(verb, cut, decline, reduce, ease)
6
retrench(verb, cut, remove, reduce, restrain)
5
bob(verb, cut, diminish, decrease)
5
dock(verb, cut, diminish, decrease)
5
taper(verb, cut, decline, reduce, ease)
4
chop(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, lower)
4
elide(verb, cut, diminish, decrease)
3
nutshell(noun, verb, cut, reduce, diminish)
3
recede(verb, cut, decline, reduce, diminish)
3
squeeze(verb, close, restrict, crowd)
3
telescope(verb, close, cut, restrict, crowd)
2
blue pencil(verb, expression, cut, reduce, diminish)
2
dilute(verb, cut, decline, reduce, ease)
2
impair(verb, cut, decline, reduce, ease)
2
lop(verb, cut, diminish, decrease)
2
put in a nutshell(verb, expression, idiom, order, cut)
2
snip(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, decrease)
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