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Word | Curtail |
Hindi Meaning | कम करना, काट छांट, घटाना, संक्षिप्त करना, काटना, छोटा करना |
place restrictions on; curtail drinking in school / The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc. / To make less / shorten; reduce / reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on. / to reduce or limit (something), | |
Usage | ⇒ A prudent person will curtail his expenditure on unnecessary items ⇒ Doreen decided to curtail her spending after she bounced a check. ⇒ When Elton asked Cher for a date, she said she was really sorry she couldn't go out with him, but her dad had ordered her to curtail her social life. ⇒ The new laws are an effort to curtail illegal drug use. ⇒ civil liberties were further curtailed ⇒ The speaker curtailed her talk in order to catch a bus home |
Synonyms | shorten, reduce, abbreviate, cut, diminish, abridge, lessen, trim, decrease, contract, truncate, compress, abate, clip, cut back, condense, restrict, crop, pare, curb, |
Antonyms | extend, increase, prolong, add, enlarge, expand, lengthen, amplify, further, protract, aggrandize, augment, dilate, elongate, escalate, accelerate, balloon, boost, distend, maximize, |
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