cut down (v.)
- abbreviate
- abridge
- abstract
- annihilate
- bob
- brain
- bulldog
- bulldoze
- capsulize
- chloroform
- clip
- compress
- condense
- contract
- crop
- curtail
- cut
- damp
- dampen
- deck
- decrease
- deduct
- deflate
- depreciate
- depress
- destroy
- diminish
- disintegrate
- dispatch
- dock
- down
- downgrade
- drop
- elide
- end
- epitomize
- execute
- exterminate
- fell
- finish
- flatten
- floor
- foreshorten
- ground
- immolate
- incinerate
- kill
- lapidate
- lessen
- level
- liquidate
- lower
- lynch
- martyr
- martyrize
- mow
- nip
- pare
- poison
- poleax
- poll
- pollard
- precipitate
- prostrate
- prune
- purge
- rase
- raze
- reap
- recap
- recapitulate
- reduce
- retrench
- riddle
- sacrifice
- shave
- shear
- shoot
- shorten
- silence
- simplify
- slash
- slay
- smash
- snub
- spread-eagle
- starve
- steamroller
- stone
- stunt
- summarize
- supinate
- telescope
- throw
- topple
- trim
- trip
- truncate
- tumble
- vaporize