Retrenched

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  • v. Simple past tense and past participle of retrench.
    • Word Usage
    "A cruel tax had been imposed on the corn of the husbandman: one third was retrenched from the salaries of the public officers; and the standard of the coin was so shamefully debased, that of the four-and-twenty parts only five were of pure gold."
    Verb Form
    retrenched    retrenches    retrenching   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cut down    cutback    trim down    bring down    trim back   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    diminish    abridge    curtail    lesen    lessen   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bench    French    Hench    bench    clench   
     
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