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retrenchedverbpast tense of retrench formalto change the way things are done in order to spend less moneyWhen the economy slowed, the company was forced to retrench. abbreviated, abridged, clipped, cropped, curtailed, cut, cut back, cut down, docked, nicked, pared, pruned, shortened, slashed, trimmed, truncated, whittledabated, decreased, de-escalated, dented, depleted, diminished, downscaled, downsized, dropped, dwindled, eased, knocked down, lessened, lowered, reducedcompressed, condensed, constricted, contracteddeflated, shrank(or shrunk)minimizedmoderated, modified, modulated, qualified blew up, dilated, distended, inflated, swelledelongated, extended, lengthened, prolonged, protractedadded (to), complemented, supplementedenhanced, heightened, intensifiedredoubledaggrandized, amplified, augmented, boosted, enlarged, escalated, expanded, increased, raised |