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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1. Leigh Henry:

   The threat is still the gillnet, but Leigh Henry’re now dealing with a whole new industry, instead of legal shrimp fishers, we’re now dealing with transnational organized crime and people working on the black market. In the last few years, the Mexican government has stepped up its efforts to curtail poaching in the Gulf of California – the body of water that separates the Baja Peninsula from the rest of Mexico – adding in June two small boats, a number of vehicles and 135 sailors to an enforcement force deployed in 2015 under the Upper Gulf of California Integrated Protection Program. The new support joined the 13 ships, five vehicles, a helicopter-carrying ship and a plane already deployed to combat illegal fishing in the region. The U.S., which is seen as the main transshipment country for the totoaba’s bladders, has also joined in the fight against traffickers. Last year, U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized 1,328 pounds of totoaba fish bladders that were in route to Hong Kong. While conservationists agree that the main battle to save the totoaba and vaquita is in Mexican water, they acknowledge that the demand for the bladders in China is the reason for the illegal trade and argued that officials in Beijing and Hong Kong need to crack down on the underground fish trade. ' WORLD'S SADDEST POLAR BEAR' MOVED AFTER OUTPOURING OF OUTRAGE TOWARDS CHINESE MALL The problem, experts argue, is that wildlife trafficking is so pervasive in the world’s most populous nation that authorities are stretched thin and forced to give priority to larger cases.

2. Ed Clark:

   In general, these water shortages are stressing systems. They're stressing communities, in particular, the Colorado River, we are seeing the Bureau of Reclamation begin their calls for for additional actions that will provide or curtail some water allocations.

3. David Madden:

   If they feel demand is weak, they'll curtail their advertising budget.

4. David GerzofRichard:

   They understand The FDA a big problem because if they dont curtail it, then the government will, and whenever the government gets involved, its never a good ending for the industry.

5. 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.