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telescope

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of TELESCOPE

to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together <for dramatic purposes, the film telescopes the years over which the events occurred into a few short months>

Synonyms capsule, capsulize, collapse, compact, condense, constrict, constringe, contract, narrow (down), squeeze, telescope

Near Antonyms dilate, disperse, dissipate, scatter; distend, inflate, swell

Antonyms decompress, expand, open, outspread, outstretch

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