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3 letters

LOP
Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"

CUT
With parts removed; "the drastically cut film"

4 letters

CROP
A pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food

PARE
Decrease gradually or bit by bit

CLIP
A sharp slanting blow; "he gave me a clip on the ear"

6 letters

REDUCE
Take off weight

7 letters

ABRIDGE
Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"

CURTAIL
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"

ABRIDGE

8 letters

TRUNCATE
Make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"

CASTRATE
A man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction; "eunuchs guarded the harem"

CONDENSE
Develop due to condensation; "All our planets condensed out of the same material"

CONTRACT
A binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law

9 letters

EXPURGATE
Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"

TELESCOPE
Crush together or collapse; "In the accident, the cars telescoped"; "my hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack"

10 letters

ABBREVIATE
Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"

BOWDLERISE
Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"

BOWDLERIZE
Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"

11 letters

FORESHORTEN
Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"

12 letters

ABBREVIATION
Shortening something by omitting parts of it