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Verb: curtail  kur'teyl
  1. Terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
    "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries";
    - clip, cut short
     
  2. Place restrictions on
    "curtail drinking in school";
    - restrict, curb, cut back

Derived forms: curtailed, curtailing, curtails

Type of: circumscribe, confine to, limit, shorten