S: (v) clip, curtail, cut short (terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent) "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"
S: (v) syncopate (omit a sound or letter in a word) "syncopate a word"
S: (v) truncate, cut short (make shorter as if by cutting off) "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"
S: (v) spill (reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail))
S: (v) quench (reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance)
S: (v) retrench (make a reduction, as in one's workforce) "The company had to retrench"
S: (v) slash (cut drastically) "Prices were slashed"