1. blue-pencil 2. bowdlerize 3. break off 4. bring down 5. censor 6. chop 7. chop off 8. clip 9. cross off 10. cross out 11. curtail 12. cut 13. cut back 14. cut back on 15. cut down 16. cut off 17. decrease 18. delete 19. erase 20. expurgate 21. fell 22. interrupt 23. mow 24. nip off 25. pinch out 26. prune 27. restrict 28. sever 29. sever from 30. shut off 31. strike from 32. strike off 33. strike out 34. strike through 35. tear up 36. trim 37. trump 38. turn 39. turn off 40. unlearn 41. wean off