truncateverb [ T ]
uk/trʌŋˈkeɪt/us/trʌŋˈkeɪt/to make something shorter or quicker, especially by removing the end of it:
Television coverage of the event was truncated by a technical fault.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Becoming and making smaller or less
- a nip (here) and a tuck (there) idiom
- attenuate
- axe
- bite
- bite into sth
- dive
- drain
- let sth down
- let up
- lower
- make a hole in sth idiom
- miniaturization
- minimize
- shrink
- slash
- step sth down
- strip sth away
- stripped down
- subside
- tail off
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truncated
adjective uk/trʌŋˈkeɪ.tɪd/us/trʌŋˈkeɪ.t̬ɪd/
truncation
noun [ U ] uk/trʌŋˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/trʌŋˈkeɪ.ʃən/