- a miracle that anyone survived in the telescoped cars.
 -  a sawed-off broomstick.
 -  a sawed-off shotgun.
 -  an unsatisfactory truncated conversation.
 -  her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking.
 -  the abbreviated speech.
 -  the drastically cut film.
 -  the shortened rope was easier to use.
 -  years that seemed telescoped like time in a dream.