Truncate

WORD OF THE DAY

truncate / verb / trəŋ-ˌkāt 

Definition
1: to shorten by or as if by cutting off
2: to replace (an edge or corner of a crystal) by a plane
3: having the end square or even

Examples
Or, lawmakers could choose to delay or truncate such programs to lower the cost.
— Aj Willingham, CNN, 6 Oct. 2021

There are no shortcuts available to Yazidis -- no way to truncate our trauma.
— Nadia Murad, CNN, 16 Aug. 2021

Did you know?
Truncate descends from the Latin verb truncare, meaning "to shorten," which in turn can be traced back to the Latin word for the trunk of a tree, which is truncus.
Incidentally, if you've guessed that truncus is also the ancestor of the English word trunk, you are correct.
Truncus also gave us truncheon, which is the name for a police officer's billy club, and the obscure word obtruncate, meaning "to cut the head or top from."