TRUNCATED Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

truncated

verb

past tense of truncate

as in shortened

to make less in extent or duration some of the quotations from the movie had to be truncated to fit on tie-in products

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Recent Examples of truncated The coup would have truncated nearly three decades of democratic rule in Africa's most populous country, which returned to democracy in 1999. —

ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026 Originally told in two parts, the Broadway version was truncated after the pandemic and retooled into a single, three-and-half-hour show. —

Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 7 Apr. 2026 Running routes get truncated, as those exercising must run laps within a radius of an accessible bomb shelter. —

Michael M. Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026 The first was truncated by a too many men penalty and the second one, at the end of the period, did not click at all and the B’s went into the third up by what felt like a slim goal. —

Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 3 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for truncated

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shortened

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Brazil was set to join other Latin American countries that have shortened working hours as the lower house approved a constitutional amendment Wednesday establishing a 40-hour, five-day workweek.

— Mauricio Savarese, Fortune, 28 May 2026
Their work both shortened the war and hastened the birth of modern computing.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 27 May 2026