curtailverb [ T ]
uk/kəˈteɪl/us/kɚˈteɪl/to stop something before it is finished, or to reduce or limit something:
to curtail your holiday/spending
With all the snow, our daily walks have been severely curtailed.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Cancelling and interrupting
- adjourn
- adjourn to somewhere
- arrest
- break
- call
- call sth off
- cancel
- cancellation
- cut
- disturb
- in midstream idiom
- interrupt
- kick
- kick sth into touch idiom
- midstream
- mothball
- nullify
- pause
- shut (sth) off
- stop
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Limiting and restricting
curtailment
noun [ C or U ] uk/kəˈteɪl.mənt/us/kɚˈteɪl.mənt/