What is another word for Truncating?

Pronunciation: [tɹˈʌnke͡ɪtɪŋ] (IPA)

Truncating means to cut or shorten something by removing a part of it. Some synonyms for truncating includes abbreviating, shortening, cropping, pruning, cutting back, curtailment, abridgment, reducing, excising, and curtailing. These words can be used interchangeably based on the context of the sentence. In writing or editing, truncating is particularly useful when trying to reduce the length of a text without having to make drastic changes to its content. For instance, instead of saying "After my rigorous daily exercise, I usually take a shower," you can truncate it by using the synonym "abridgment" and say, "After my daily workout, I shower".

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Usage examples for Truncating

If you can keep my "Lohengrin" going only by Truncating its healthy organism, and not by operating to the best of your power on the diseased organism of our truncated operatic body, then I shall be cordially glad if you are rewarded for your pains according to circumstances, but I must ask you not to be angry with me if I look upon such a success with indifference.
"Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt, Volume 1"
Francis Hueffer (translator)
It is better to wait, and to defer the realisation of our ideas until we can realise them fully, than to defraud the future by Truncating them, if truncate them we must, in order to secure a partial triumph for them in the immediate present.
"On Compromise"
John Morley
In reality, the tip is just an ordinary shoe shortened by Truncating the heels.
"Diseases of the Horse's Foot"
Harry Caulton Reeks

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