1) Annul legally 2) Audibly omit 3) Avoid some syllables 4) Blur the distinction between 5) Bypass a vowel 6) Bypass vowels 7) Choose not to say 8) Conflate 9) Curtail 10) Cut off a syllable 11) Drop 12) Drop a letter or two 13) Drop a vowel 14) Drop as a vowel sound 15) Drop in pronunciation 16) Drop in speech 1) Delete 2) Omit 3) Slur 
omit; ignore; suppress or abridge
• (v. t.) To break or dash in pieces; to demolish; as, to elide the force of an argument. • (v. t.) To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable, usually the final one; to subject to elision.
E·lide' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Elided ; present participle & verbal noun Eliding .] [ Latin elidere to strike out or off; e + laedere to hurt by striking: confer French élider . See 
[v] - leave or strike out, as of vowels
verb leave or strike out; `This vowel is usually elided before a single consonant`
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation. · to suppress; omit; ignore; pass over. · to annul or quash.