Truncate (verb)

1. To shorten (something) by cutting off a part.
2. To remove the end of a sequence or text and make it shorter.

Origin:

From the latin word truncatus, meaning cut off, from truncus, meaning cut off.

Examples:

1. He truncated the article to make it fit the page.
2. The data was truncated to fit the space available.
3. The tree had to be truncated because it was blocking the view.
4. The file name was too long, so it had to be truncated.
5. The column was truncated to fit the width of the table.