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skeletonize definition

skel·eton·ize (-īz′)

transitive verb skeletonized -·ized′, skeletonizing -·iz′·ing

  1. to reduce to a skeleton or a bare framework
  2. to outline or sketch (a story, report, etc.) briefly
  3. to reduce (a work force, etc.) greatly in number or size

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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