| trim(verb, reduce, smooth, level) |
| abbreviate(verb, reduce, diminish, lessen) |
| barber(verb, reduce, curtail, trim) |
| blue pencil(verb, expression, reduce, curtail) |
| bob(verb, reduce, diminish, curtail) |
| boil down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, reduce) |
| crop(verb, reduce, diminish, curtail) |
| curtail(verb, reduce, diminish, lessen) |
| cut shorter(verb, expression, curtail, tidy) |
| dock(verb, reduce, diminish, lessen) |
| edit(verb, reduce, diminish, curtail) |
| lop(verb, reduce, diminish, lessen) |
| mow(verb, reduce, crush, diminish) |
| pare down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, reduce) |
| plane(verb, reduce, crush, smash) |
| prune(verb, reduce, diminish, lessen) |
| put in a nutshell(verb, expression, idiom, reduce) |
| shave(verb, reduce, diminish, curtail) |
| shear(verb, reduce, diminish, curtail) |
| shorten(verb, reduce, diminish, lessen) |