| blue pencil(verb, expression, diminish, decrease) |
| bob(verb, diminish, decrease, lessen) |
| dock(verb, diminish, decrease, lessen) |
| elide(verb, diminish, decrease, lessen) |
| excerpt(verb, diminish, decrease, lessen) |
| lop(verb, diminish, decrease, lessen) |
| retrench(verb, diminish, decrease, lessen) |
| shorten(verb, diminish, decrease, contract) |
| abbreviate(verb, diminish, decrease, contract) |
| abridge(verb, diminish, decrease, contract) |
| boil down(verb, expression, diminish, decrease) |
| chop(verb, diminish, decrease, contract) |
| clip(verb, diminish, decrease, contract) |
| compress(verb, diminish, decrease, contract) |
| condense(verb, diminish, decrease, contract) |
| contract(verb, diminish, decrease, curtail) |
| curtail(verb, diminish, decrease, contract) |
| cut back(verb, expression, diminish, decrease) |
| cut down(verb, expression, diminish, decrease) |
| cut to the bone(verb, expression, idiom, decrease) |