curtail
Verb
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Place restrictions on (synset 200237442)
"curtail drinking in school"subtypes:
- abridge - lessen, diminish, or curtail
- immobilise, immobilize - cause to be unable to move
- ration - restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war
- control, restrict - place under restrictions; limit access to by law
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Terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent (synset 200293639)
"My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"is a type of: shorten - make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
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