Synonyms of curtailing

curtailing

verb

present participle of curtail

as in shortening

to make less in extent or duration

curtailed the school day because of the stormy weather

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shortening
• reducing
• abridging
• truncating
• abbreviating
• eliding
• trimming
• decreasing
• cutting back
• docking
• summarizing
• syncopating
• compressing
• modifying
• abstracting
• paring
• digesting
• encapsulating
• cutting
• slashing
• recapitulating
• lessening
• diminishing
• constricting
• moderating
• summing up
• cutting down
• epitomizing
• lowering
• retrenching
• pruning
• contracting
• shrinking
• tapering
• downsizing
• dwindling
• abating
• subtracting (from)
• deflating
• de-escalating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• extending
• prolonging
• lengthening
• expanding
• supplementing
• increasing
• enlarging
• adding
• augmenting
• maximizing
• elongating
• protracting
• raising
• escalating
• heightening
• boosting
• amplifying
• dilating
• swelling
• inflating
• ballooning
• aggrandizing
• blowing up
• pumping up
• distending

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of curtailing

But amid massive pro-democracy protests in 2019 and 2020, Chinese authorities enacted a national security law sharply curtailing civil liberties and personal freedoms there. — Joshua Yang, Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2026

Her campaign focused on curtailing immigration, confronting China and cutting wasteful government spending. — Maham Javaid, NPR, 4 Nov. 2026

In October alone, Houthi missile strikes on Saudi airports have killed at least 21 people and wounded hundreds, forcing authorities to shut down operations in the country’s main international airport in Riyadh and curtailing travel in others. — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026

Iran is now stepping up attacks on tankers transiting Hormuz and the Persian Gulf, curtailing the volume of oil exiting the region and keeping global crude prices north of $100 a barrel. — Lou Robinson, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026

The latest move by Taipei — a central node in global semiconductor manufacturing — is a significant step in curtailing black market sales to Chinese companies seeking to bypass US curbs. — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026

The plan could include more efficiency programs, like curtailing data center operations on hot days and paying residential customers to insulate their attics. — John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026

Artificial opens in 2003, in the University of Toronto lab of Geoffrey Hinton, the man who’d come to be known as the godfather of AI, and ends with a postscript from Hinton about the necessity of curtailing the capabilities of AI, fast. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 7 Oct. 2026

It has been well established that company scientists at Exxon and other fossil fuel companies accurately predicted global temperature increases and warned that sharply curtailing fossil fuels was the only way to avoid severe warming. — Patrick Parenteau, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026