retrench

intransitive verb

To reduce (expenses, for example); cut down.

intransitive verb

To remove, delete, or omit.

intransitive verb

To curtail expenses; economize.

To cut off; pare away; prune.

To deprive by cutting off; mutilate.

To cut down; reduce in size, number, extent, or amount; curtail; diminish; lessen.

To cut short; abridge.

To limit; restrict.

Milit.: To furnish with a retrenchment or retrenchments.

To intrench.