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retrenching

verb , present participle of retrench

Synonyms and Antonyms of retrenching

formal to change the way things are done in order to spend less money

When the economy slowed, the company was forced to retrench.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of retrenching

abbreviating, abridging, clipping, cropping, curtailing, cutting, cutting back, cutting down, docking, nicking, paring, pruning, shortening, slashing, trimming, truncating, whittling

abating, decreasing, de-escalating, denting, depleting, diminishing, downscaling, downsizing, dropping, dwindling, easing, knocking down, lessening, lowering, reducing

compressing, condensing, constricting, contracting

deflating, shrinking

moderating, modifying, modulating, qualifying

Antonyms and Near Antonyms of retrenching

blowing up, dilating, distending, inflating, swelling

elongating, extending, lengthening, prolonging, protracting

adding (to), complementing, supplementing

enhancing, heightening, intensifying

aggrandizing, amplifying, augmenting, boosting, enlarging, escalating, expanding, increasing, raising

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