detruncatev.
/dɪˈtrʌŋkeɪt/ transitive. To shorten by lopping off a portion (literal and figurative); to cut short, ‘cut down’.
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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [verb (transitive)] > trees: prune or lop
sneda800
shredc1000
crop?c1225
purgec1384
parea1398
shear1398
shridea1425
dodc1440
polla1449
twist1483
top1509
stow1513
lop1519
bough?1523
head?1523
poll-shred1530
prune1547
prime1565
twig1570
reform1574
disbranch1575
shroud1577
snathe1609
detruncate1623
amputate1638
abnodate1656
duba1661
to strip up1664
reprune1666
pollard1670
shrub1682
log1699
switch1811
limb1835
preen1847
to cut back1871
shrig1873
brash1950
summer prune1980
the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)] > curtail
wanea889
dockc1380
bridgec1384
abridgea1393
limita1398
syncopec1412
defalk1475
shortena1535
to cut short?1542
royn1573
retrench1587
curtail1589
retranch1589
lop1594
scantle1596
scant1599
scantelize1611
curtalize1622
defalce1651
detrench1655
barb1657
defalcatea1690
razee1815
detruncate1846
to cut down1857
shave1898
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > damage or injure [verb (transitive)] > by breaking, tearing, or cutting something off
forcutc1386
shattera1513
cancel1574
snip1822
mutilate1824
shard1879
detruncate1885
nick1885
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Detruncate, to cut or lop boughs.
1846 W. S. Landor Wks. (1868) I. 537/2 Which..would detruncate our rank expenditure.
1885 ‘H. Conway’ Family Affair I. vi. 92 He had not yet..detruncated a [china] Chelsea figure.
Derivatives
deˈtruncated adj. = truncated adj.
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1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Detruncated, cut or chopped off; beheaded.
1877 C. H. Burnett Ear 46 In the wide end of a detruncated cone.
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