telescoped

(verb) crush together or collapse. Synonyms: telescope. Examples: "In the accident, the cars telescoped." "My hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack."

(verb) make smaller or shorter. Synonyms: telescope. Example: "The novel was telescoped into a short play."

(adj) shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another. Synonyms: shortened. Examples: "A miracle that anyone survived in the telescoped cars." "Years that seemed telescoped like time in a dream."