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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