10
cut(verb, adjective, neat, reduced, rejected)
9
clipped(verb, adjective, neat, reduced, rejected)
8
cropped(verb, adjective, neat, reduced, rejected)
8
trimmed(verb, adjective, neat, reduced, diminished)
7
abridged(verb, adjective, reduced, diminished, subtracted)
7
curtailed(verb, adjective, reduced, rejected, diminished)
7
shaved(verb, adjective, reduced, diminished, subtracted)
6
bobbed(verb, adjective, reduced, diminished, subtracted)
6
docked(verb, adjective, reduced, diminished, subtracted)
6
pruned(verb, adjective, reduced, diminished, subtracted)
5
abbreviated(verb, adjective, reduced, diminished)
5
compressed(verb, adjective, reduced, diminished)
5
elided(verb, adjective, reduced, subtracted)
5
nipped(verb, adjective, reduced, diminished)
5
shorn
5
shortened(verb, adjective, reduced, diminished)
4
condensed(verb, adjective, diminished)
4
decreased(verb, adjective, reduced, diminished, subtracted)
4
deducted(verb, adjective, reduced, diminished, subtracted)
4
diminished(verb, adjective, reduced, diminished, subtracted)
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