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is abridged
verb
To deprive; to cut off.
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The story is abridged, the legal issues condensed.
Their 101-page study is abridged in an executive summary.
Though the English translation is abridged, it is often overwhelming in its detail and analysis.
(The show is abridged and altered, but not to damaging effect).
Every cabaletta or other quick number is abridged, usually drastically, which upsets the balance between fast and slow tempos.
This article is abridged from author's forthcoming book, The Diaspora Strikes Back: Caribeño Tales of Learning and Turning (Routledge, 2008).
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Letters selected may be abridged.
My freedom is being abridged!
Those selected may be abridged.
Letters selected for publication may be abridged.
What untold stories are abridged here?
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