eliding

• abating
• abbreviating
• abridging
• abstracting
• blacking out
• bleeping
• blipping
• blotting out
• blue-penciling
• bowdlerizing
• canceling
• cancelling
• censoring
• clipping
• compressing
• constricting
• contracting
• cropping
• curtailing
• cutting
• cutting back
• cutting down
• de-escalating
• decreasing
• deflating
• deleing
• deleting
• digesting
• diminishing
• docking
• downsizing
• dwindling
• effacing
• encapsulating
• epitomizing
• eradicating
• erasing
• excising
• expunging
• expurgating
• killing
• laundering
• lessening
• lowering
• moderating
• modifying
• obliterating
• paring
• pruning
• recapitulating
• red-penciling
• redacting
• reducing
• removing
• repressing
• retrenching
• rubbing out
• shortening
• shrinking
• silencing
• slashing
• summarizing
• summing up
• suppressing
• syncopating
• tapering
• trimming
• truncating
• wiping out

• adding
• aggrandizing
• amplifying
• augmenting
• ballooning
• blowing up
• boosting
• dilating
• distending
• elongating
• enlarging
• escalating
• expanding
• extending
• heightening
• increasing
• inflating
• lengthening
• maximizing
• prolonging
• protracting
• pumping up
• raising
• stetting
• supplementing
• swelling

• verb
  1. To leave out or omit (something).
  2. To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable.
  3. To conflate; to smear together; to blur the distinction between.

• The speaker was skilled at eliding awkward pauses during the presentation.
• In casual conversations, people often end up eliding words for faster speech.
• The author is criticized for eliding crucial details in the narrative.
• The translator faced challenges in eliding cultural nuances while maintaining the meaning.
• By eliding certain facts, the argument appeared more convincing than it truly was.

abbreviating

• abating
• abbreviation
• abridging
• abridgment
• abstracting
• compressing
• compression
• condensation
• condensing
• confinement
• confining
• constricting
• constriction
• contracting
• contraction
• curtailing
• curtailment
• cutting
• cutting back
• cutting down
• de-escalating
• decrease
• decreasing
• deflating
• deflation
• dieting
• digesting
• diminishing
• diminution
• discounting
• docking
• downsizing
• drawing together
• dwindling
• eliding
• elision
• encapsulating
• epitomizing
• evaporating
• evaporation
• lessening
• lopping
• lowering
• marking down
• moderating
• modifying
• narrowing
• omission
• omitting
• paring
• paring down
• pruning
• recapitulating
• receding
• recession
• reducing
• reduction
• retrenching
• shortening
• shrinkage
• shrinking
• shrivelling
• slashing
• summarizing
• summing up
• syncopating
• tapering
• tensing
• tightening
• trimming
• truncating
• withdrawal
• withdrawing

abridging

• abating
• abbreviating
• abstracting
• compressing
• constricting
• contracting
• curtailing
• cutting
• cutting back
• cutting down
• de-escalating
• decreasing
• deflating
• digesting
• diminishing
• docking
• downsizing
• dwindling
• eliding
• encapsulating
• epitomizing
• lessening
• lowering
• moderating
• modifying
• paring
• pruning
• recapitulating
• reducing
• retrenching
• shortening
• shrinking
• slashing
• summarizing
• summing up
• syncopating
• tapering
• trimming
• truncating

canceling

• abandoning
• abandonment
• abating
• abbreviating
• abolishing
• abolition
• aborting
• abrogating
• abrogation
• annihilating
• annulling
• annulment
• atomizing
• avoiding
• banning
• blacking out
• blasting
• bleeping
• blipping
• blotting out
• blowing up
• blue-penciling
• bowdlerizing
• breaking down
• breaking off
• calling
• calling off
• cancellation
• censoring
• clipping
• consuming
• countermanding
• cropping
• crossing out
• crying off
• cutting
• dashing
• decimating
• deleing
• deleting
• deletion
• demolishing
• destroying
• devastating
• devouring
• disallowing
• disannulling
• discarding
• discontinuing
• dismantling
• dismissing
• disregarding
• dissolution
• dissolving
• ditching
• doing away with
• dooming
• dropping
• dynamiting
• effacing
• ejecting
• eliding
• eliminating
• elimination
• ending
• enjoining
• eradicating
• eradication
• erasing
• excepting
• excising
• excluding
• expelling
• expunction
• expunging
• expurgating
• exterminating
• extirpating
• finishing
• flattening
• forbidding
• fragmenting
• giving up
• halting
• holding back
• ignoring
• interrupting
• invalidating
• invalidation
• jettisoning
• killing
• killing off
• laundering
• liquidating
• missing
• negating
• neglecting
• not including
• not naming
• nullification
• nullifying
• nulling
• obliterating
• obliteration
• ousting
• outlawing
• overlooking
• overriding
• overruling
• overturning
• passing over
• powdering
• precluding
• prohibiting
• pulverizing
• quashing
• ravaging
• razing
• recall
• recalling
• recanting
• red-penciling
• redacting
• rejecting
• relinquishing
• removing
• repeal
• repealing
• repressing
• repudiating
• repudiation
• rescinding
• retirement
• retracting
• retraction
• reversal
• reversing
• revocation
• revoking
• rolling back
• rubbing out
• ruining
• scrapping
• scratching out
• scrubbing
• setting aside
• shattering
• shortening
• silencing
• slighting
• smashing
• splintering
• stopping
• striking down
• suppressing
• surrendering
• suspending
• taking back
• tearing down
• terminating
• throwing out
• totaling
• totalling
• undoing
• vacating
• vetoing
• voiding
• wasting
• wiping out
• withdrawing
• withholding
• wrecking
• writing off
• zapping

cancelling

• X-out
• abandoning
• abating
• abbreviating
• abolish
• abolishing
• abort
• aborting
• abrogate
• abrogating
• annihilating
• annul
• annulling
• atomizing
• avoiding
• ax
• balance out
• banning
• black out
• blacking out
• blasting
• bleeping
• blipping
• blot out
• blotting out
• blowing up
• blue-penciling
• bowdlerizing
• break
• break off
• breaking down
• breaking off
• call off
• calling
• calling off
• censoring
• clipping
• compensate for
• consuming
• counteract
• counterbalance
• countercheck
• countermand
• countermanding
• counterpoise
• cropping
• cross out
• crying off
• cut
• cutting
• dashing
• decimating
• declare invalid
• deface
• deleing
• delete
• deleting
• demolishing
• destroy
• destroying
• devastating
• devouring
• disallowing
• disannulling
• discard
• discarding
• discharge
• discontinuing
• dismantling
• dismissing
• dissolving
• ditching
• do away with
• do in
• doing away with
• dooming
• dropping
• dynamiting
• efface
• effacing
• ejecting
• eliding
• eliminate
• eliminating
• ending
• enjoining
• eradicate
• eradicating
• erasing
• excising
• expelling
• expunge
• expunging
• expurgating
• exterminating
• extirpating
• finish off
• finishing
• flattening
• forbidding
• fragmenting
• frustrate
• giving up
• halting
• holding back
• ignore
• interrupting
• invalidate
• invalidating
• jettisoning
• kill
• killing
• killing off
• laundering
• liquidating
• make up for
• negate
• negating
• neutralize
• nullify
• nullifying
• nulling
• obliterate
• obliterating
• off
• offset
• omit
• ousting
• outlawing
• overriding
• overruling
• overthrow
• overturning
• powdering
• prohibiting
• pulverizing
• put an end to
• quash
• quashing
• ravaging
• razing
• recall
• recalling
• recant
• recanting
• red-penciling
• redacting
• redeem
• redress
• refute
• rejecting
• relinquishing
• remove
• removing
• render inert
• render invalid
• render null and void
• repeal
• repealing
• repressing
• repudiate
• rescind
• rescinding
• retract
• retracting
• reversing
• revoke
• revoking
• rolling back
• rub out
• rubbing out
• ruining
• rule out
• scrapping
• scratch out
• scrub
• scrubbing
• set aside
• setting aside
• shattering
• shortening
• silencing
• sink
• smash
• smashing
• splintering
• squash
• stamp across
• stopping
• strike out
• striking down
• suppress
• suppressing
• surrendering
• suspending
• taking back
• tearing down
• terminating
• throwing out
• torpedo
• total
• totaling
• totalling
• trash
• trim
• undo
• vacate
• vacating
• vetoing
• void
• voiding
• wash out
• wasting
• wipe out
• wipe slate clean
• wiping out
• withdrawing
• wrecking
• writing off
• zap
• zapping

killing

• abbreviating
• alluring
• amusing
• annihilating
• annihilation
• antic
• arduous
• arresting
• assassinating
• assassination
• beckoning
• beguiling
• bewitching
• blackballing
• blacking out
• blacklisting
• bleeping
• blipping
• blithesome
• bloodbath
• bloodletting
• bloodshed
• blotting out
• blue-penciling
• bottom line
• bowdlerizing
• braking
• breaking
• bump off
• bumping off
• burdensome
• burning out
• busting
• butchering
• butchery
• campy
• canceling
• cancelling
• capital punishment
• captivating
• carnage
• carrying off
• censoring
• challenging
• charming
• chocking
• chucklesome
• claiming
• cleanup
• clipping
• clownish
• comedic
• comic
• comical
• compensation
• courting
• croaking
• cropping
• cutting
• cutting down
• cutting off
• deactivating
• death
• debilitating
• decimating
• decimation
• declining
• deleing
• deleting
• delighting
• demanding
• demolishing
• destroying
• destruction
• devastation
• difficult
• disallowing
• disapproving
• disarming
• dismantling
• dismissing
• dispatching
• diverting
• doing away with
• doing for
• doing in
• doing up
• downing
• draining
• drawing
• drawing up
• droll
• earnings
• effacing
• eliding
• emolument
• enchanting
• enervating
• enfeebling
• enrapturing
• entertaining
• enthralling
• enticing
• entrancing
• eradicating
• eradication
• erasing
• euthanatizing
• euthanizing
• exacting
• excising
• executing
• execution
• exhausting
• expunging
• expurgating
• extermination
• facetious
• fagging
• farcical
• fascinating
• fatiguing
• felling
• finishing
• flip
• flippant
• formidable
• foul play
• frazzling
• funny
• gain
• genocide
• getting
• gleeful
• gratifying
• gross
• grueling
• gruelling
• halting
• harassing
• hard
• herculean
• hilarious
• holocaust
• homicide
• humoristic
• humorous
• hysteric
• hysterical
• icing
• income
• interest
• interesting
• intriguing
• inviting
• jamming
• jocose
• jocular
• jocund
• jokey
• joky
• jolly
• jovial
• killing off
• knockabout
• knocking off
• knocking out
• laborious
• laughable
• laughing
• laundering
• lucre
• ludicrous
• luring
• mad
• magnetizing
• making away with
• manslaughter
• martyring
• massacre
• massacring
• merry
• mirthful
• mortality
• mothballing
• mowing
• murder
• murdering
• negativing
• net
• neutralizing
• nixing
• obliterating
• offing
• onerous
• oppressive
• outwearing
• pay
• payment
• payoff
• persnickety
• pert
• phasing out
• playful
• pleasing
• pogrom
• priceless
• proceeds
• profit
• pulling
• putting away
• putting down
• red-penciling
• redacting
• refusing
• remittal
• removing
• repressing
• requital
• revenue
• rich
• ridiculous
• rigid
• rigorous
• riotous
• risible
• rough
• rubbing out
• rugged
• salary
• sales
• sapping
• scragging
• screaming
• seducing
• severe
• shooting down
• shortening
• shutting off
• sidesplitting
• silencing
• slapstick
• slapsticky
• slaughter
• slaughtering
• slaying
• smart
• smart-aleck
• smart-alecky
• smiting
• snickery
• snuffing
• soliciting
• stalling
• stern
• sticking
• stiff
• strenuous
• strict
• stringent
• suiciding
• suppressing
• taking
• taking out
• taxing
• tempting
• terminating
• testing
• tiring
• toilsome
• tough
• trying
• turning off
• uproarious
• vetoing
• wages
• waggish
• washing out
• wasting
• weakening
• wearing
• wearing out
• wearing to a frazzle
• wearying
• whacking
• whimsical
• wiling
• windfall
• wiping out
• witching
• witty
• wooing
• wry
• yield
• zany

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