truncate

adj : terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or

point cut off; "a truncate leaf"; "truncated volcanic

mountains"; "a truncated pyramid" [syn: {truncated}]

v 1: replace a corner by a plane, in geometry

2: make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word";

"Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains" [syn:

{cut short}]