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verb

• reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

• lessen, diminish, or curtail

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adjective satellite

• terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off

verb

• replace a corner by a plane

• approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one

• make shorter as if by cutting off

95%10Exact Match!
verb

• reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

• shorten

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