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elide

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To break or dash in pieces; to demolish; as, to elide the force of an argument.

To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable, usually the final one; to subject to elision.

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This vowel is usually elided before a single consonant Source: Internet

It is common for people to elide the distinction between X city proper and X metro area. Source: Internet

It's easier to elide over history, it's easier to forget, and it's easier to complain about something that can be fixed than to actually do something. Source: Internet

The cancerous lie at the heart of this presidency, which his speech will ignore or elide, is that the state of our union is not strong at all. Source: Internet

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