| decrease(verb, control, close, cut, check) |
| cut back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, cut, reduce) |
| abate(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, lower) |
| bob(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, decrease) |
| pare(verb, cut, reduce, restrain, diminish) |
| prune(verb, cut, reduce, restrain, diminish) |
| synopsize(verb, cut, reduce, review, concentrate) |
| boil down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, order, close) |
| dock(verb, cut, reduce, restrain, halt) |
| lower(verb, cut, reduce, restrain, diminish) |
| compact(verb, close, diminish, decrease, restrict) |
| concentrate(verb, close, reduce, diminish, decrease) |
| edit(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, decrease) |
| foreshorten |
| minimize(verb, cut, diminish, decrease, contract) |
| cut short(verb, expression, idiom, stop, cut) |
| shear(verb, cut, diminish, curtail, trim) |
| constrict(verb, control, close, check, reduce) |
| narrow(verb, control, close, check, reduce) |
| retrench(verb, cut, reduce, halt, diminish) |