| cut shorter(verb, expression, reduce, curtail) |
| decrease(verb, diminish, contract, condense) |
| diminish(verb, decrease, contract, condense) |
| dock(verb, reduce, diminish, decrease) |
| drop(verb, destroy, cancel, annul) |
| elide(verb, remove, reduce, diminish) |
| even up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, reduce) |
| expurgate(verb, censor) |
| gut(verb, drop, remove, reject) |
| launder(verb, drop, remove, reject) |
| lessen(verb, diminish, decrease, contract) |
| lop(verb, reduce, diminish, decrease) |
| lop off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, remove) |
| mow(verb, reduce, diminish, lessen) |
| pare down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, reduce) |
| plane(verb, reduce, diminish, curtail) |
| prune(verb, reduce, diminish, lessen) |
| reduce(verb, diminish, decrease, contract) |
| shave(verb, reduce, diminish, lessen) |
| shear(verb, reduce, diminish, lessen) |