Vocabulary
Curtail
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
to reduce or limit something
Urdu meaning
تخفیف کرنا ، کمی کرنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- OR years, forces favouring a stronger centre have pushed for rolling back some aspects of the 18th Amendment to curtail provincial powers and revise the National Finance Commission in order to shore up the centre`s strained finances.
- Monarchs such as Frederick II of Prussia and Louis XIV of France helped curtail witch trials through legal reforms and the influence of rationalist thought.
- Many are heard whispering about allegedly undeclared policies to curtail certain types of litigation by way of issuing standard orders.
- But, so far, this country has failed it excavation was halted in 1965 and revived in the 1980s with no measures to curtail the damage from soil erosion, climate change and theft.
- Harmony requires prosecuting and punishing hate-mongers, and formulating inclusive policies with measures to curtail venomous narratives.
Synonyms
abridge, shorten
Antonyms
protract, prolong
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