curtailUK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/kɜːrˈteɪl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/kɚˈteɪl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(v. kər tāl′; n. kûr′tāl′) curtail WordReference English Thesaurus © 2025 Sense: Verb: shorten Synonyms: shorten, abbreviate, reduce Collocations, abridge, decrease Collocations, cut short, cut off, cut Collocations, prune Collocations, slash Collocations, halt Collocations, truncate, shave Collocations, diminish Collocations Recent forum discussions about thesaurus entries: curtail somebody something - English Only forum
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