| abbreviate(verb, reduce, diminish, decrease) |
| abridge(verb, order, reduce, diminish) |
| blue pencil(verb, expression, reduce, diminish) |
| boil down(expression, order, decline, reduce) |
| cut down(expression, order, reduce, diminish) |
| get to the meat(expression, idiom, order, reduce) |
| reduce(verb, order, diminish, decrease) |
| shorten(verb, order, reduce, diminish) |
| trim(verb, reduce, diminish, decrease) |
| abstract(verb, reduce, review, condense) |
| barber(verb, reduce, diminish, curtail) |
| bob(verb, reduce, diminish, decrease) |
| chop(verb, reduce, diminish, decrease) |
| clip(verb, reduce, diminish, decrease) |
| compress(verb, reduce, diminish, decrease) |
| condense(verb, reduce, diminish, decrease) |
| contract(verb, reduce, diminish, decrease) |
| crop(verb, reduce, diminish, lessen) |
| curtail(verb, reduce, diminish, decrease) |
| cut back(verb, expression, reduce, diminish) |