Deleted
Shortened
Shortened adjective - Cut short.
Deleted and shortened are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Deleted" instead a verb "Shortened".
Nearby Words: short, shortening
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- These have deleted scenes added back in, and some scenes swapped around, shortened, or deleted to make the pacing better for viewing at one sitting.
Source: Re Cut - The edited episode has the beating toned down, the line shortened to where the mention of double parking is omitted, and the scene being superimposed by a deleted scene where a puzzled Darryl Parks listens to the commotion.
Source: Bowdlerise / Live-Action TV -
Never Say "Die": One reason scenes were deleted from the VHS release was that the plot point of Nemo possibly dying if he used the scepter was censored, which necessitated even his Disney Death being shortened.
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