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protractsverbpresent tense third-person singular of protract to make longerthe highway project was protracted by years of litigation drags (out), draws out, elongates, extends, lengthens, outstretches, prolongs, stretches amplifies, enlarges, expands, increasesattenuates, thins abbreviates, abridges, curtails, cuts, cuts back, shortens decreases, diminishes, lessens, reducesthickens |