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shortened
adjective
With parts removed
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adjective
With parts removed
“The drastically cut film”
adjective
Shortened
“A sawed-off shotgun”
adjective
Shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another
“A miracle that anyone survived in the telescoped cars”
adjective
Cut short in duration
“The abbreviated speech”
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The drastically cut film
A sawed-off shotgun
A sawed-off broomstick
The shortened rope was easier to use
A miracle that anyone survived in the telescoped cars
Years that seemed telescoped like time in a dream
The abbreviated speech
Her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking
An unsatisfactory truncated conversation
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