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retrenchingverbpresent participle of retrench formalto change the way things are done in order to spend less moneyWhen the economy slowed, the company was forced to retrench. abbreviating, abridging, clipping, cropping, curtailing, cutting, cutting back, cutting down, docking, nicking, paring, pruning, shortening, slashing, trimming, truncating, whittlingabating, decreasing, de-escalating, denting, depleting, diminishing, downscaling, downsizing, dropping, dwindling, easing, knocking down, lessening, lowering, reducingcompressing, condensing, constricting, contractingdeflating, shrinkingminimizingmoderating, modifying, modulating, qualifying blowing up, dilating, distending, inflating, swellingelongating, extending, lengthening, prolonging, protractingadding (to), complementing, supplementingenhancing, heightening, intensifyingredoublingaggrandizing, amplifying, augmenting, boosting, enlarging, escalating, expanding, increasing, raising |