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To reduce, restrict, or bring to an earlier end.
verb
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curtail
Budget cuts forced the organizers to curtail the program.
Dictionary practice example.
The chair decided to circumscribe the next meeting's scope: members would settle the location and staffing, while decorative details could wait. She also proposed a time limit to curtail repeated arguments.
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