Advertisement

Advertisement

View definitions for curtail

curtail

Discover More

Example Sentences

Federal funding for state public health departments declined through the 1950s, while money was poured into the newly reorganized NIH to find out how to curtail chronic disease.

From Salon

Already, some national parks have been forced to cut hours or curtail services.

About two weeks earlier, Rubio had issued a statement promising that he would issue waivers to protect “life-saving humanitarian assistance” from Musk and Trump’s efforts to suspend and ultimately curtail foreign aid.

From Salon

But his day ended early when Ferrari curtailed his running prematurely, before he was able to complete a planned race distance.

From BBC

Musk has been leading an outside effort to aggressively curtail government spending through aggressive funding cuts and firings.

From BBC

Advertisement

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement