protracting

Meaning

of Protract

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

continuation dragging prolong persisting prolongation perpetuation protraction maintaining prolonging

Antonyms

excerpting curtailing

Examples

Actually, I think it's more immoral to use less force than necessary, than it is to use more. if you use less force, you kill off more of humanity in the long run, because you are merely protracting the struggle. Curtis LeMay

By protracting life, we do not deduct one jot from the duration of death. Lucretius