[VN] (formal) to limit sth or make it last for a shorter time:
Spending on books has been severely curtailed. * The lecture was curtailed by the fire alarm going off.
curtailment noun [U]:
the curtailment of civil liberties
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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