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protract

verb

/proʊˈtrækt/

Meaning

To prolong or extend in time or duration.

Negotiations were protracted for several months.

protract a conflict

extend, prolong, lengthen, stretch, drag out

shorten, curtail, end

protract negotiations, protracted conflict, protract a dispute

to work together towards a common goal; to collaborate

to make less severe or painful; to reduce the impact of something harmful

To make something less dense or more refined.

Extend the application of a method or conclusion to an unknown situation by assuming existing trends...

To reduce the force, effect, or value of something; to make weak or thin.

To disapprove of or discourage something.