删削 meaning in English

cut out; simplify by cutting out unnecessary details

By a series of carefully hedged conditions, the avoidance of nuclear war became an objective rather than an obligation .
经过对条款的层层斟酌删削，避免核战争便成为一个目标而不是一项义务了。
The truth of deleting and changing the photo - offset publication of mr . weng tonghe ' s diary
翁同?日记删削改篡影印出版的真相
The countdown to the crisis actually began a year ago , when the bush administration lopped off the dollop of bridging funds it had promised
此一科研经费的危机实际上在一年之前，当布希政府删削了他早先答应的过渡基金时，便已开始倒数计时了。
Jin shengtan ' s revision of shuihu , including his rewriting of its main character named song jiang and abridgment of shuihu , is the spirit of the reader ' s participation
摘要金圣叹对于《水浒》的删削，包括对宋江的“改写”和对小说的“腰斩” ；这些删改是金氏“读者精神”的积极参与，实为金圣叹的“症候阅读” 。