abridge
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Synonyms & Antonyms for abridge
Synonyms
abbreviate, curtail, cut back, dock, elide, shorten, syncopate, truncate
Antonyms
elongate, extend, lengthen, prolong, protract
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The task fell to James Shapiro, a Columbia University English professor and Shakespeare scholar who is known for his work abridging the Bard’s plays. — Charles Passy, WSJ, "Philip Roth’s ‘Plot’ Thickens With Marathon Reading," 21 Oct. 2018 For example, the Second Amendment guarantees the right to bear arms, and the feds should certainly shoot down any state law that abridges that right. — WSJ, "Federal Incursion Explains Growth of Double Jeopardy," 13 Dec. 2018 Gabriel Gorodetsky’s edition — abridged and unabridged — is a work for the ages. — New York Times, "Niall Ferguson: By the Book," 11 Jan. 2018 Frazier added that Cruz is looking to find ways to prosecute those who buy guns illegally, address mental health issues and make sure crimes are reported to the NICS database without abridging the Second Amendment. — Jonathan Allen, NBC News, "Cruz caught in election-year bind on gun control," 5 Mar. 2018 Granted, his short speech inevitably abridged the long-form document. — David Frum, The Atlantic, "A National-Security Strategy Devoid of Values," 12 Dec. 2017 The couple has filed their own claim, alleging that Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge John Russo's restraining order is abridging their free speech rights. — Phillip Morris, cleveland.com, "President Trump gave a speech on race and few people heard it: Phillip Morris," 13 Dec. 2017 The idea is to prevent companies from exporting surveillance software to authoritarian regimes that could use these tools to abridge civil liberties and abuse human rights. — Kendall Hoyt, Slate Magazine, "What Biosecurity and Cybersecurity Research Have in Common," 17 Mar. 2017 Editor’s note: In certain cases, daters’ answers have been abridged for space and clarity. — David Perloff, Pacific San Diego Magazine, "Blind date: Beauty and the feast," 1 Nov. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'abridge.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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