1. (adj) sawed-off, sawn-off, shortened
cut short
"a sawed-off shotgun"; "a sawed-off broomstick"; "the shortened rope was easier to use"
2. (adj) abbreviated, shortened, truncated
cut short in duration
"the abbreviated speech"; "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"; "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation"
3. (adj) telescoped, shortened
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"
4. (adj) cut, shortened
with parts removed
"the drastically cut film"
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