Synonyms for curtail
kərˈteɪlcur·tail

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1. curtailverb

   Synonyms:
   limit, dock, control, shorten, restrain, crop

2. curtailverb

   To cut short the tail of an animal

   Curtailing horses procured long horse-hair.

   Synonyms:
   shorten, restrain, dock, control, limit, crop

3. curtailverb

   To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate.

   When the audience grew restless, the speaker curtailed her speech.

   Synonyms:
   dock, control, restrain, limit, shorten, crop

4. curtailverb

   To limit or restrict, keep in check.

   Their efforts to curtail spending didn't quite succeed.

   Synonyms:
   dock, control, crop, limit, restrain, shorten

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1. curtail

   Synonyms:
   abbreviate, abridge, amputate, boil down, condense, cut down, epitomize, reduce, retrench, sum up, summarize

   Antonyms:
   amplify, augment, develop, dilate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, extend, increase, unfold, widen

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1. restrict, curtail, curb, cut backverb

   place restrictions on

   "curtail drinking in school"

   Synonyms:
   suppress, bring down, qualify, conquer, moderate, throttle, trim down, flash back, prune, inhibit, cut, trammel, trim back, lop, trim, cut down, reduce, control, subdue, curb, stamp down, hold, cut short, confine, restrain, restrict, clip, hold in, contain, bound, limit, cut back, snip, crop, dress, check

2. clip, curtail, cut shortverb

   terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent

   "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"

   Synonyms:
   restrict, cut back, break short, jog, prune, crop, clip, trim, dress, trot, snip off, break off, truncate, lop, cut short, curb, snip, nip off

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1. curtailverb

   Synonyms:
   shorten, abridge, retrench, lop, cut short

2. curtailverb

   Synonyms:
   diminish, lessen, decrease

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1. curtailverb

   Synonyms:
   shorten, reduce, retrench

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1. List of paraphrases for "curtail":

   restrict, reduce, limit, curb, shorten

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How to use curtail in a sentence?

1. Doug Coltart:

   We are happy that they have been granted bail. But the bail conditions clearly curtail their constitutional rights.

2. The Egyptian:

   Leaving the situation as it is in Libya without a firm intervention to curtail these terrorist organizations would be a threat to international peace and security.

3. Adam Schlosser:

   There is about a one in three chance that if we take no action to mitigate climate or to do anything to curtail any of the factors that go into this water stress metric, there is a one in three chance that you will reach this unsustainable situation by the middle of the century.

4. Chuck Schumer:

   First, I don't believe the meeting should take place but if it is going to happen, President Trump must press Putin hard on the issue of election interference. He can't simply raise it, accept Putin's denial and then let him off the hook, second, the President must demand that the 12 Russians named in the indictment be sent to the U.S. to stand trial. And third, President Trump should not agree to weaken, lift, or curtail any of the sanctions on Russia.

5. Police Chief James Barber:

   We will not tolerate a business facilitating illegal drug activity by selling drug paraphernalia, our efforts will curtail the ease of obtaining items needed to use crack cocaine.