TRUNCATIONS Synonyms

• an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine

• cutting down to the desired size or shape

• the act of clipping or snipping

• the temporal property of being cut short

• the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation

• the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable

• the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film

• a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting

• the act of cutting something into parts

• a piece cut off from the main part of something

• an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine

• removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape

• the division of a deck of cards before dealing

• the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge

• the act of diluting something

• the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends

• (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character

• unpleasantly cold and damp

• painful as if caused by a sharp instrument

• the act of decreasing or reducing something

• any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent

• the act of reducing complexity

• fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods

• act of decreasing in length

• the property of being of short spatial extent

• the condition of being short of something

• the property of being truncated or short

• the property of being of short temporal extent

• the property of being shorter than average stature

• an abrupt discourteous manner