Rhymes with aphetize

WordSyllablesCategories
abridge
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Verb
shorten
/x
Verb
abbreviate
x/xx
Verb
short
/
Adjective
truncate
/x
Noun
affect
x/
Verb
acute
x/
Adjective
shave
/
Verb
cut short
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
eliminate
x/xx
Verb
thin
/
Adjective
shorthand
/x
Noun
aspirate
/xx
Noun
prune
/
Noun
degrade
x/
Verb
seduce
x/
Verb
whet
/
Verb
abrogate
/xx
Verb
attenuate
x/xx
Verb
curtail
x/
Verb
cut off
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
abate
x/
Noun
choke off
//
Phrase, Verb
hack off
//
Phrase, Verb
vitiate
/xx
Verb
ashen
/x
Adjective
impinge
x/
Verb
taper
/x
Noun
diminish
x/x
Verb
tease
/
Noun
abstract
x/
Name
lessen
/x
Verb
compress
/x
Noun
quick
/
Adjective
weaken
/x
Verb
abolish
x/x
Verb
hatchet
/x
Noun
erase
x/
Verb
hash
/
Noun
shrink
/
Verb
shade
/
Noun
derogate
x/x
Verb
lace
/
Noun
cut out
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
hack
/
Noun
sharpen
/x
Verb
efface
x/
Verb
hair
/
Noun
chop
/
Noun
distort
x/
Verb
loathe
/
Verb
expression
x/x
Noun
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
collocation
xx/x
Noun
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb
tell
/
Verb, Noun
literally
/xxx
Adverb
vernacular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
standard
/x
Adjective, Noun
dialect
/xx
Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
headlines
/x
Noun
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
gloss
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Noun, Verb
save
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Verb, Noun
die
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Verb, Noun