Truncate

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–verb (used with object) 

1. to shorten by cutting off a part; cut short: Truncate detailed explanations. 

2. Mathematics, Computers. to shorten (a number) by dropping a digit or digits: The numbers 1.4142 and 1.4987 can both be truncated to 1.4.  



–adjective 

3. truncated. 

4. Biology. 

a. square or broad at the end, as if cut off transversely.

b. lacking the apex, as certain spiral shells. 



Origin:

1480–90; < L truncātus (ptp. of truncāre to lop), equiv. to trunc(us) trunk + -ātus -ate  



Synonyms:

1. abridge, trim, curtail, abbreviate.





　

This awkward and truncated adaptation of Jane Hamilton's 1994 best-seller nonetheless boasts fine performances from David Strathairn, Julianne Moore, and Sigourney Weaver -- each actor doing what he or she does best.



Throw in a white-trash cameo from the always watchable Chloe Sevigny and you've got a wonderful cast in search of a great script. 





plateau

After a period of [un]interrupted growth, sales began to plateau.  

Rising inflation [plateaued] sales income. 

the pathfinder who believes in pushing the envelope of danger and sex to arrive at a new physical, psychological and sexual [plateau]. 



assuage

to assuage one's [grief] [hunger] [fears]

abate

to abate a [tax] 

to abate one's [enthusiasm]  

The [storm] has abated. 

The [pain] in his shoulder finally abated.  

mitigate

mollify, allay, appease

Seething with acidic ill will and [un]mitigated vitriol,

Mr. Ozon's movie is sure to enthrall Fassbinder fans, for whom the great bad boy's death in 1982, at the unthinkable age of 36, remains an [im]mitigable loss.

militate

have effect or influence

This criticism in no way militates [against] your going ahead with your research. 

palliate

mitigate or extenuate

This is a rare [palliative] for Caden, the rest of whose existence is a [rash] of displeasure and doom.



placate

by concessions or conciliatory gestures

to placate an [outraged] citizenry. 

As if the filmmakers felt the need to [placate] modern viewers who might wonder why they should emotionally indulge Nazi authority figures



efface

She would efface [herself] before her father's visitors. 

obliterate

The heavy [rain] obliterated all footprints.

obviate

to [obviate] the risk of serious injury. 



vestige

That blacktop highway, all cracked and fissured, overgrown with weeds, a vestige of ancient civilization

amnesty

With a new president, people talk of amnesty. But that's wrong.

Debilitate