telescope

nouns

a magnifier of images of distant objects
scope, telescope
is derived from
telescopic
is derived from
telescopic

verbs

crush together or collapse
"In the accident, the cars telescoped"; "my hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack"
telescope
is a type of (narrower)
to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
"crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"
crush, mash, squash, squeeze, squelch
make smaller or shorter
"the novel was telescoped into a short play"
telescope
is a type of (narrower)
make more concise
"condense the contents of a book into a summary"
concentrate, condense, digest