"truncates" in the verb sense
1. truncate
replace a corner by a plane
2. truncate
approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one
"truncate a series"
3. truncate, cut short
make shorter as if by cutting off
"truncate a word"
"Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"
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