spread out, curb, lengthen, reduce, curtail, decrease, abbreviate, shorten, drop off, abate, minimize, cut back on, taper (off), lessen, space (out)

slash, trim, cut, degrade, lower, crop, curb, shrink, reduce, water down, restrict, thwart, suck out, downgrade, decline, cut down/back, scale back/down, ameliorate, abbreviate, shorten, minimize, blunt, dwarf, prune, pare (down), impoverish, simplify, condense, diminish, detract from

chip away, slash, shave off, trim, flatten, contract, abrade, shed, whittle, chisel, lower, shrink, thin, reduce, narrow, divide, deduct, consume, apportion, skimp, scale back/down, economize, hemorrhage (money/staff), shorten, minimize, lessen, dwarf, prune, pare (down), diminish, cut (back/down), cut costs, slim down (the budget), abridge, stunt, truncate, take away, compact, restrict (growth), ratchet down, subtract, subdivide, miniaturize, foreshorten, rightsize