abate, coarct, curb, deprive of, elide, hold in leash, milk, purse, shave, summarize, withhold
Definitionv. place restrictions on
Last update: September 1, 2017
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Unfortunately the economic crisis will force us to curtail most of the school’s extracurricular activities. [verb]
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Sir, I do not wish to act against you, I said; and my unsteady voice warned me to curtail my sentence. [noun]
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A prudent person will curtail his expenditure on unnecessary items. [verb]
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The bank will hire more security guards to curtail the number of robberies. [Please select]
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It can be revived at any moment and used to curtail free speech. [verb]
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Nothing but gloom and mediocrity to dictate human conduct, curtail natural expression, and stifle our best impulses. [verb]
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Curtail consumption they cannot--how can they curtail necessity. [verb]
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Ye have no need to fear, that in the day of victory I shall curtail your liberties. [verb]
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Emboldened by their success, the fathers approached the subject of reform, their principal object being to curtail the power and resources of the papacy. [Please select]
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His view was curtailed slightly by a tool box. [Please select]
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Curtail stiff and strict, and leave a Swiss mountain. [Please select]
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