| abate(verb, decline, reduce, diminish) |
| chop(verb, reduce, diminish, decrease) |
| cut short(expression, shorten) |
| drain(verb, diminish, decrease, lessen) |
| elide(diminish, decrease, contract, curtail) |
| lop(verb, diminish, decrease, contract) |
| retrench(diminish, decrease, contract, curtail) |
| scale down(verb, expression, diminish, decrease) |
| blue pencil(verb, expression, reduce, diminish) |
| cut out(verb, expression, copy, abstract) |
| cut to bone(expression, idiom, reduce, decrease) |
| cut to the bone(expression, idiom, contract, extract) |
| depress(verb, move, hold, smooth) |
| get to the meat(verb, expression, idiom, reduce) |
| put in a nutshell(verb, expression, idiom, reduce) |
| recede(verb, decline, reduce, diminish) |
| restrict(verb, close, restrain, crowd) |
| slash(verb, reduce, diminish, decrease) |
| snip(verb, reduce, diminish, decrease) |
| taper off(verb, expression, diminish, decrease) |