THESAURUS
truncate
abbreviate, abridge, abscind, abstract, amputate, annihilate, ban, bar, blemish, bob, boil down, capsulize, clip, compress, condense, contract, crop, cull, curtail, cut, cut away, cut back, cut down, cut off, cut off short, cut out, cut short, deface, deform, disfigure, disproportion, dock, elide, eliminate, enucleate, epitomize, eradicate, except, excise, exclude, extinguish, extirpate, foreshorten, isolate, knock off, lop, mar, misshape, mow, mutilate, nip, pare, peel, pick out, poll, pollard, prune, reap, recap, recapitulate, reduce, retrench, root out, rule out, set apart, set aside, shave, shear, shorten, snub, stamp out, strike off, strip, strip off, stunt, sum up, summarize, synopsize, take in, take off, take out, telescope, top, trim, wipe out
ROGET THESAURUS
truncate
Shortness
VB
be short, render short, shorten, curtail, abridge, abbreviate, take in, reduce, compress, epitomize, retrench, cut short, obtruncate, scrimp, cut, chop up, hack, hew, cut down, pare down, clip, dock, lop, prune, shear, shave, mow, reap, crop, snub,
truncate, pollard, stunt, nip, check the growth of, foreshorten (in drawing).
Amorphism
VB
deface, disfigure, deform, mutilate,
truncate, derange, blemish, mar.