lopping Synonyms

hew off snipping slicing slashing shrinkage sever severing reducing prune pruning paring trimming trim Truncating drawing together boiling down tensing sniping saw off hack off elision deflation chop off cut back excising decrease compression compressing clip clipping chop chopping bobbing abridgment abridging abbreviation concentrating condensation condensing cutting cut curtailing curbing cropping crop contraction contracting constriction constricting abbreviating