All curtail synonyms

verb curtail

• trim — to put into a neat or orderly condition by clipping, paring, pruning, etc.: to trim a hedge.
• cut back — If you cut back something such as expenditure or cut back on it, you reduce it.
• halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
• reduce — to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
• shorten — to make short or shorter.
• downsize — company: make redundancies
• decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
• slash — to cut with a violent sweeping stroke or by striking violently and at random, as with a knife or sword.
• lessen — to become less.
• diminish — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
• cramp — Cramp is a sudden strong pain caused by a muscle suddenly contracting. You sometimes get cramp in a muscle after you have been making a physical effort over a long period of time.
• cut — If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
• clip — A clip is a small device, usually made of metal or plastic, that is specially shaped for holding things together.
• truncate — to shorten by cutting off a part; cut short: Truncate detailed explanations.
• retrench — to cut down, reduce, or diminish; curtail (expenses).
• contract — A contract is a legal agreement, usually between two companies or between an employer and employee, which involves doing work for a stated sum of money.
• chop — If you chop something, you cut it into pieces with strong downward movements of a knife or an axe.
• dock — any of various weedy plants belonging to the genus Rumex, of the buckwheat family, as R. obtusifolius (bitter dock) or R. acetosa (sour dock) having long taproots.
• lop — to let hang or droop: He lopped his arms at his sides in utter exhaustion.
• abbreviate — If you abbreviate something, especially a word or a piece of writing, you make it shorter.
• minify — to make less.
• limit — the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of his experience; the limit of vision.
• restrain — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
• restrict — to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
• hold back — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
• curb — If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
• rein in — control, restrain
• inhibit — to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
• cut short — to stop abruptly before the end
• boil down — When you boil down a liquid or food, or when it boils down, it is boiled until there is less of it because some of the water in it has changed into steam or vapour.
• roll back — to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a ball or a wheel.