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skeletonizing

Variant of skeletonize

transitive verb skeletonized, skeletonizing

  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 © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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