curtail

Definition of Curtail in English :

place restrictions on

Example Sentences:
'curtail drinking in school'

2. clip, curtail, cut short

terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent

Example Sentences:
'My speech was cut short'
'Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Curtail

verb

(transitive)

to cut short; abridge

verb transitive

to cut short; reduce; abridge

tr.v. cur·tailed, cur·tail·ing, cur·tails

To cut short or reduce: We curtailed our conversation when other people entered the room. See Synonyms at shorten.