Dock
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
Shrink
Shrink verb - To become smaller in size or volume through the drawing together of particles of matter.
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
| failure | dock failure | shrink failure |
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