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to stop or restrict something

He began to reconstruct the events of the past twenty-four hours and his smile widened, a brief, curtailed laugh escaping from his throat.
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Supremacy

Q: Does this postponement have anything to do with the Russian decision to curtail their space program after the crash of Zond 19?
Michael Crichton -- The Andromeda Strain
But we cannot solve the problems of legislative independence and responsibility by abolishing or curtailing democracy.
John F. Kennedy -- Profiles in Courage
The twenty-first will no doubt be marked by a struggle to curtail excessive corporate power.
Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
Enrique says that were he an American citizen, he would want to curtail illegal immigration.
Sonia Nazario -- Enrique's Journey
It was Will's accident that had curtailed our plans for a life together, after all.
Jojo Moyes -- Me Before You
"What is your address?" inquired a young lady behind the counter, taking up the curtailed conversation.
Theodore Dreiser -- Sister Carrie
"Sir, I do not wish to act against you," I said; and my unsteady voice warned me to curtail my sentence.
Charlotte Bronte -- Jane Eyre
Now, whenever I hear any one advocating measures that are meant to curtail the development of another, I pity the individual who would do this.
Booker T. Washington -- Up From Slavery: An Autobiography
Even the air systems had been curtailed.
Tom Clancy -- The Hunt for Red October
I may have to curtail our time together to-day....
Baroness Orczy -- The Scarlet Pimpernel
Who would wish less to curtail your liberty than I?
Henry James -- The Portrait of a Lady - Volume 1
"As most of it remains in Sounis, my work on it will necessarily be curtailed," said the magus, frowning at him.
Megan Whalen Turner -- Queen of Attolia
Any other method of curtailing profits is the method of looters —and I recognize it as such.
Ayn Rand -- Atlas Shrugged
Like a wise commander, who finds he has occupied too much ground for the amount of his force, he began to curtail his outworks.
James Fenimore Cooper -- The Prairie
After that he curtailed his travel.
Tracy Kidder -- Mountains Beyond Mountains
But public bigotry has since been vastly curtailed.
Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner -- Freakonomics
Who would wish less to curtail your liberty than I?
Henry James -- The Portrait of a Lady - Volumes 1 & 2
I never have learned to reproach myself for such things; and then my experience in curtailing them was limited.
Saul Bellow -- The Adventures of Augie March
The boys' play was abruptly curtailed as the noise of screaming children approached.
W. William Winokur -- The Perfect Game

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