| shorten(verb, reduce, diminish, decrease) |
| shrink(verb, reduce, diminish, decrease) |
| slash(verb, remove, reduce, diminish) |
| slice off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, reduce) |
| snip(verb, reduce, diminish, decrease) |
| telescope(verb, total, contract, concentrate) |
| tidy(verb, reduce, diminish, lessen) |
| truncate(verb, reduce, contract, condense) |
| whittle down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, reduce) |
| abnegate(verb, drop, cancel, annul) |
| cut to the bone(verb, expression, idiom, decrease) |
| declare null and void(verb, expression, idiom, drop) |
| excerpt(verb, diminish, decrease, contract) |
| make a long story short(verb, expression, idiom, decrease) |
| minimize(verb, diminish, decrease, contract) |
| pare(verb, reduce, diminish, lessen) |
| retrench(verb, diminish, decrease, contract) |
| sanitize(verb, drop, cancel, annul) |
| sterilize(verb, drop, cancel, annul) |
| take up(expression, contract, curtail) |