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curtailing

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present participle of curtail

Synonyms & Antonyms of curtailing

to make less in extent or duration

curtailed the school day because of the stormy weather

Synonyms for curtailing

abbreviating,
abridging,
cutting back,
docking,
eliding,
shortening,
syncopating,
truncating

Words Related to curtailing

abstracting,
digesting,
encapsulating,
epitomizing,
recapitulating,
summarizing,
summing up

abating,
compressing,
constricting,
contracting,
cutting,
cutting down,
paring,
pruning,
trimming

decreasing,
de-escalating,
deflating,
diminishing,
downsizing,
dwindling,
lessening,
lowering,
moderating,
modifying,
reducing,
retrenching,
shrinking,
slashing,
subtracting (from),
tapering

Near Antonyms for curtailing

enlarging,
expanding,
supplementing

adding,
aggrandizing,
amplifying,
augmenting,
ballooning,
boosting,
dilating,
escalating,
heightening,
increasing,
maximizing,
pumping up,
raising

blowing up,
distending,
inflating,
swelling

Antonyms for curtailing

elongating,
extending,
lengthening,
prolonging,
protracting

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“Curtailing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curtailing. Accessed 22 Jun. 2021.

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