cut short; "a sawed-off shotgun"; "a sawed-off
broomstick"; "the shortened rope was easier to use" Synonym(s):sawed-off, sawn-off, shortened
cut short in duration; "the abbreviated speech"; "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"; "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation" Synonym(s):abbreviated, shortened, truncated
shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another; "a miracle that anyone survived in the telescoped cars"; "years that seemed telescoped like time in a dream" Synonym(s):telescoped, shortened
with parts removed; "the drastically cut film" Synonym(s):cut, shortened