| trim(verb, cut, increase, reduce, restrain) |
| curtail(verb, cut, decline, reduce, restrain) |
| abbreviate(verb, cut, reduce, restrain, halt) |
| crop(verb, cut, decline, increase, reduce) |
| cut(verb, decline, increase, reduce, restrain) |
| abridge(noun, verb, cut, decline, reduce) |
| shorten(verb, cut, reduce, restrain, halt) |
| clip(verb, cut, decline, increase, reduce) |
| compress(verb, cut, diminish, decrease, contract) |
| lop(verb, cut, increase, remove, reduce) |
| reduce(verb, cut, decline, restrain, ease) |
| contract(verb, cut, decline, reduce, restrain) |
| pare(verb, cut, increase, reduce, diminish) |
| prune(verb, cut, increase, diminish, decrease) |
| diminish(verb, cut, decline, reduce, restrain) |
| lessen(verb, cut, decline, reduce, restrain) |
| shave(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, lower) |
| cut down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, cut, increase) |
| condense(verb, cut, diminish, decrease, lessen) |
| cut short(verb, expression, idiom, cut, restrain) |