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CURTAILED: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CURTAILED?

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Associations of "Curtailed" (30 Words)

Associations of "Curtailed" (30 Words)

abate	Reduce or remove (a nuisance. This action would not have been sufficient to abate* the odour nuisance.*
abbreviate	Shorten. Network is often abbreviated to net.
abridge	Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements. The introduction is abridged from the author s afterword to the novel.
bowdlerize	Remove material that is considered improper or offensive from (a text or account), especially with the result that the text becomes weaker or less effective. Every edition of his letters and diaries has been bowdlerized.
decrease	Decrease in size extent or range. The population of the area has decreased radically.
decrement	Cause a discrete reduction in (a numerical quantity. Relaxation produces a decrement* in sympathetic nervous activity.*
depletion	The state of being depleted. The depletion* of the ozone layer.*
dilute	Lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture. A dilute* solution.*
diminish	Decrease in size, extent, or range. The pain will gradually diminish.
diminution	The statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original. A permanent diminution* in value.*
downgrade	A downward gradient on a railway or road. A steep downgrade* for which he had to put the car in second.*
dwindle	Become smaller or lose substance. Traffic has dwindled to a trickle.
encapsulate	Express the essential features of (something) succinctly. The company would encapsulate* the asbestos waste in concrete pellets.*
expurgate	Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate. Editors heavily expurgated the novel before its initial publication.
extenuate	Cause (an offence) to seem less serious. Drawings of extenuated figures.
flinch	An act of flinching. Don t call me that he said with a flinch.
haircut	The style in which hair has been cut. Hair salons offering discounted haircuts.
lower	Move something or somebody to a lower position. The sun sank lower.
minimize	Represent or estimate at less than the true value or importance. Let s minimize* the risk.*
palliate	Provide physical relief, as from pain. There is no way to excuse or palliate* his dirty deed.*
reduce	Reduce in size reduce physically. Reduce one s standard of living.
retrench	Reduce (something) in extent or quantity. Right wing parties which seek to retrench* the welfare state.*
rundown	An analysis or summary of something by a knowledgeable person. He gave his teammates a rundown* on the opposition.*
shorten	Make short or shorter. Shorten the skirt.
shrink	Draw back, as with fear or pain. Hot water will shrink* the sweater.*
shrinkage	An allowance made for reduction in the takings of a business due to wastage or theft. Give long curtains good hems to allow for shrinkage.
shrinking	The act of becoming less. The shrinking* market has provoked a massive price war.*
understate	Describe or represent (something) as being smaller or less good or important than it really is. The press have understated the extent of the problem.
wane	(of a state or feeling) decrease in vigour or extent; become weaker. Interest in the project waned.
weaken	Lessen the strength of. Fault lines had weakened and shattered the rocks.