truncate
verb
• shorten the duration or extent of.
• "he was a sensational player whose career was truncated by injuries"
Similar:
shorten,
cut,
cut short,
curtail,
dock,
prune,
trim,
lop,
abbreviate,
telescope,
reduce,
diminish,
decrease,
• replace (an edge or an angle) by a plane, typically so as to make equal angles with the adjacent faces.
truncate
adjective
• (of a leaf, feather, or other part) ending abruptly as if cut off across the base or tip.
Origin:
late 15th century (earlier (Middle English) as truncation ): from Latin truncat- ‘maimed’, from the verb truncare .
