| abbreviate(diminish, decrease, short, contract) |
| boil down(verb, expression, reduce, diminish) |
| condense(diminish, decrease, contract, curtail) |
| cut down(expression, contract, condense, extract) |
| shorten(verb, diminish, decrease, contract) |
| trim(diminish, decrease, contract, condense) |
| abridge(diminish, decrease, contract, curtail) |
| blue pencil(expression, diminish, decrease, contract) |
| bob(diminish, decrease, lessen, contract) |
| chop(diminish, decrease, contract, curtail) |
| clip(diminish, decrease, contract, curtail) |
| compress(diminish, decrease, contract, curtail) |
| contract(diminish, decrease, curtail) |
| curtail(diminish, decrease, contract) |
| cut back(expression, diminish, decrease, contract) |
| decrease(diminish, contract, curtail) |
| diminish(decrease, lessen, contract, curtail) |
| dock(diminish, decrease, lessen, contract) |
| edit(diminish, decrease, contract, curtail) |
| elide(diminish, decrease, lessen, contract) |