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• v  reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
• v  shorten
• s  (of clothing) very short
  an abbreviated swimsuit
• s  cut short in duration
  the abbreviated speech

• The Army and the White House insist the abbreviated training was adequate.
• Micheli sentenced Guede, who'd requested a fast-track trial, to 30 years in prison, a reduction granted by the abbreviated procedure after prosecutors had requested the maximum .
• The abbreviated addresses that TinyURL generates are fewer than 20 characters long and never expire.

• abridge
• foreshorten
• abbreviate
• shorten
• cut
• contract
• reduce
• brief
• shortened
• truncated

• expand

News & Articles

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• US Peptides Discusses HGH and Growth Hormone Releasing Peptides and How They Affect Performance
  MIAMI, June 12, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The Human Growth Hormone, abbreviated as HGH, functions much like it sounds. The hormone stimulates growth, cell reproduction, and regeneration of bones and ...
  June 12, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
• Wizards to host Nerlens Noel on Saturday
  Noel played an abbreviated season for Kentucky before suffering a season-ending injury.
  June 11, 2013 - Washington Post
• MLS Power Rankings: Trying to make sense of Yallop's exit
  MLS was overshadowed by the U.S. men's national team's continued World Cup qualification effort, but plenty transpired in an abbreviated Week 15, including a stunning coaching change in San Jose:
  June 10, 2013 - Sports Illustrated

Quotes

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• Gary Bettman in Seattle Times
  As I stand before you today, it is my sad duty to announce ...... it no longer is practical to conduct even an abbreviated season,commissioner Gary Bettman said.
• Lachlan Murdoch in NEWS.com.au
  Mr Murdoch said at the time that he had impressed on the parties he had been in negotiations with "the need to be able to conclude the arrangements in an abbreviated time period".
• Adam Gilchrist in Press Trust of India
  He's (Dhoni) such a danger to play against. I would like to see him bat up the order especially in the abbreviated version of the game. You want your best batsmen to face as many deliveries as possible,Gilchrist told reporters here today.