| shorten(verb, cut, increase, reduce, restrain) |
| reduce(verb, stop, drop, cut, check) |
| cut(verb, check, decline, reduce, reject) |
| diminish(verb, drop, cut, check, decline) |
| abbreviate(verb, cut, decline, increase, reduce) |
| contract(verb, drop, cut, decline, reduce) |
| abridge(noun, verb, cut, decline, increase) |
| lessen(verb, stop, drop, cut, check) |
| trim(verb, hold, cut, reduce, restrain) |
| decrease(verb, stop, drop, cut, check) |
| truncate(verb, cut, decline, reduce, restrain) |
| abate(verb, drop, cut, check, decline) |
| compress(verb, cut, decline, reduce, diminish) |
| clip(verb, cut, check, decline, reduce) |
| cut back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, control, cut) |
| condense(verb, cut, decline, increase, reduce) |
| restrict(verb, stop, hold, control, cut) |
| crop(verb, cut, decline, reduce, reject) |
| cut down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, cut) |
| lower(verb, drop, cut, decline, reduce) |