stubbify

Verb

stubbify (third-person singular simple present stubbifies, present participle stubbifying, simple past and past participle stubbified)

1. (transitive) To make (something) use stubs (placeholder procedures).
2. (transitive) To reduce (something) to a stub.
   • On May 14, 2008, after I made a change to the article on Crews, Kukini made a minor edit [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frederick_C._Crews&diff=prev&oldid=212449449], tidying up what I had done. He did this so quickly that I would guess that he must have been closely monitoring my edits...2008 November 30, Nomen Nescio, “ABIGTESTS”, in alt.test (Usenet)
   • What should NOT be done to a weeping forsythia is to "stubbify" its
     branches halfway down. If a compact little shrub is needed, something
     small & compact shoiuld've^([sic]) been planted there in the first place.2002 May 9, paghat, “Reason to prune weeping Forsythia?”, in rec.gardens (Usenet)