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protracting

verb , present participle of protract

Synonyms and Antonyms of protracting

to make longer

the highway project was protracted by years of litigation

Synonyms of protracting

dragging (out), drawing out, elongating, extending, lengthening, outstretching, prolonging, stretching

Words Related to protracting

amplifying, enlarging, expanding, increasing

attenuating, thinning

Near Antonyms of protracting

decreasing, diminishing, lessening, reducing

Antonyms of protracting

abbreviating, abridging, curtailing, cutting, cutting back, shortening

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