curtail
ker tayl
- v place restrictions on
curtail drinking in school - v terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries
- The new budget proposes to curtail expenditures in traditional Health-care and social security programs.
- The quick action by the government helped to curtail the spread of the riots and the leaders in the government came out from the crisis unscathed.
- The curfew imposed in the city curtailed the move of all vehicles from dawn to dusk.