Dock and Prolong

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Dock verb - To make less in extent or duration.

Usage example: the editorial was docked by about a hundred words to make it fit on the page

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Prolong is an antonym for dock.

Nearby Words: docking, docked, dockage, dockyard, docker

Prolong verb - To make longer.

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Dock is an antonym for prolong.

Nearby Words: prolongation, prolonging

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Prolong and Dock. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dock/prolong

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