truncating

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truncating - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Truncate \Trun"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Truncated; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Truncating.] [L. truncatus, p. p. of truncare to cut
     off, mutilate, fr. truncus maimed, mutilated, cut short. See
     Trunk.]
     To cut off; to lop; to maim.
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