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curtail

 
Verb curtail has 2 senses
  1. restrict, curtail, curb, cut back - place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school"
    --1 is one way to limit, circumscribe, confine
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  2. clip, curtail, cut short - 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"
    --2 is one way to shorten
    Derived form: noun curtailment1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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