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Shorten By Cutting Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is TRUNCATE which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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99%8Exact Match!
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%6Exact Match!
adjective satellite

• detached by cutting

verb

• make a break in

• cease, stop

• remove by or as if by cutting

• cut off and stop

• break a small piece off from

• remove surgically

95%7Exact Match!
verb

• sever or remove by pinching or snipping

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