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 its removal raised fuel prices sharply, pressure that was exacerbated by the Iran war curtailing energy supplies. — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 9 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

India passed legislation curtailing online wagers last year, spoiling the value of gaming powerhouse Junglee after Flutter had paid $237 million to acquire 95% of the company looking to gain a foothold in the world’s most populated country. — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 28 Sep. 2026

Ukraine has been systematically bombing some of those refineries, severely curtailing the global supply of diesel fuel. — Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026

The miniseries is only three hours long, so Wallace had to heavily truncate King’s gargantuan tome, curtailing and expunging scenes and entire characters, as well as toning things down to fit broadcast rules. — Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2026

The United States should expect Beijing to continue to wield its agriculture sector for geopolitical influence, whether through curtailing imports of food, restricting exports of select commodities, or both. — Caitlin Welsh, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2026

Strangely, one copy of KL-VS is fortuitous, but inheriting one from each parent can backfire, reducing Klotho levels and curtailing lifespan for reasons scientists do not fully understand. — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 9 Aug. 2026