Antonyms 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

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

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

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1. • Limit

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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, reduce, retrench

How to use curtail in a sentence?

1. Steve Vladeck:

   One of the questions the Court has agreed to take up in these cases is whether, in delegating the power to President Joe Biden EPA to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, Congress exceeded those limits, if the Court says yes, that will not just curtail the EPA's power to respond to climate change in a moment in which it's hard to imagine that Congress will fill the gap ; it would have enormous implications for -- and impose far greater limits on -- the federal government's regulatory power writ large.

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. Argus Research analyst Jim Kelleher:

   I expect them to sharply curtail their share repurchases until the company is in better shape financially.

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. Val Ramirez:

   They are just a nuisance, we are not going to get rid of them completely. Trapping will never get rid of all of them, but at least we can try to curtail them.

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