shortened

(s) cut short
- a sawed-off shotgun
- a sawed-off broomstick
- the shortened rope was easier to use
sawed-off, sawn-off,
(s) cut short in duration
- the abbreviated speech
- her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking
- an unsatisfactory truncated conversation
truncated, abbreviated,
(s) shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another
- a miracle that anyone survived in the telescoped cars
- years that seemed telescoped like time in a dream
telescoped,
(s) with parts removed
- the drastically cut film
cut,

sawed-off sawn-off truncated abbreviated telescoped cut

shortener