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contract abbreviate reduce abridge cut bowdlerize cut back curtail crop cut down trim decrease bowdlerise truncate diminish dock expurgate foreshorten lessen minimize condense compress castrate cut short clip syncopated whittle down summarize syncopate shorten up stint snip skiving pollard prune reduced reducing retrench shear shortening shrink telescope telescoped telescoping synopsize summarise Luxor step-down narrow down pare down