What is another word for Retrenched?

Pronunciation: [ɹɪtɹˈɛnt͡ʃt] (IPA)

Retrenched is a word that refers to the action of laying off or terminating employees due to financial or other reasons. Some of the synonyms for the word retrenched include downsized, cut back, reduced, decreased, abolished, dismissed, terminated, and let go. These words reflect different degrees of severity when it comes to employee termination. While downsizing and cut back suggests a more measured approach to reducing staff, terminated and let go have a more negative connotation, implying that employees have been abruptly and forcefully laid off. No matter the synonym used, retrenchment is often a difficult and emotionally draining experience for both employers and employees alike.

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Usage examples for Retrenched

March and Fulkerson Retrenched at several points where it had seemed indispensable to spend, as long as they were not spending their own: that was only human.
"A Hazard of New Fortunes, Part Fifth"
William Dean Howells
Until a few days prior to his death, he had been in his usual excellent spirits, and surely had there been any financial difficulties in his path he would have Retrenched, in some measure.
"The Crevice"
William John Burns and Isabel Ostrander
They further "Retrenched," by taking a mean advantage of Carter's having called upon them in person, by handing him three or four of his stories-but by this he saved his postage-stamps.
"The Man Who Could Not Lose"
Richard Harding Davis

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