retrenched in English

verb

1

(of a company, government, or individual) reduce costs or spending in response to economic difficulty.

as a result of the recession the company retrenched

synonyms: economize, cut back, make cutbacks, make savings, make economies, reduce expenditure, be economical, be frugal, tighten one's belt

verb

• economize, cut back, make cutbacks, make savings, make economies, reduce expenditure, be economical, be frugal, tighten one's belt
• reduce, cut, cut back, cut down, pare, pare down, slim down, make reductions in, make cutbacks in, trim, prune, shorten, abridge, slash

Use "retrenched" in a sentence

1. She retrenched her speech reluctantly.

2. Synonyms for Curtailed include docked, shortened, reduced, cut, cut back, decreased, diminished, lessened, retrenched and truncated