Crossword clues for curtailed
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Curtail \Cur*tail"\ (k[u^]r*t[=a]l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curtailed (-t[=a]ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Curtailing.] [See Curtal.] To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce.
I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion.
--Shak.
Our incomes have been curtailed; his salary has been
doubled.
--Macaulay.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: curtail)
Usage examples of "curtailed".
Criminals’ rights were curtailed and stricter sentencing guidelines put in place.
Before he knew it, Rosie was through the curtailed restatement of the first section and sent the keys pounding toward the rising climax.
The magics that had made Ischade free of the place were severely curtailed since the loss of the Globes of Power.
Never mind that his prison was the many acres of his father's ranch: his freedom of movement had been severely curtailed and he was unused to that.
Oxiy "as long as possible' was going to be curtailed to as long as necessary' until the Guild had returned to its once prestigious position.
The coobrambles had settled back into being ordinary weeds again, their extraordinary growth curtailed once the brambles had penetrated and removed all of the Petraseal, and most of the people who had painted the sealant, in four of the planet's communion caves.
You are to study a more congenial manner for my return, or I warn you, you will find your privileges curtailed and your duties increased.
If the freedom to express ideas were equated with the freedom to commit crimes, it would not take long to demonstrate that no organized society can exist on such terms and, therefore, that the expression of ideas has to be curtailed and some ideas have to be forbidden, just as criminal acts are forbidden.
The manic glee as he watched the patrol cars skid and smash was swiftly curtailed by the onslaught of light, sound, and smell.
For example, an attempt to run away from the sect would be easily curtailed by replacing legs with trotters.
Her other principal sense, the Varrad’s distortion field, was reduced to a hemispherical shape, its usual bloated coverage curtailed by the giant asteroid.
The view, though somewhat curtailed by an expanse of tarred roof studded with air-conditioning ducts, justified the name of Far View.
In the curtailed view of the living room there’d been no sign of Bella.
Taken back to her nonexistent romance with Stacy, she flashed on their one rendezvous: the curtailed cocktail hour at Far View Lounge.
The monks who had suffered under the heavy hand of Theobald, when their dainty foods were curtailed and their cherished privileges sharply denied them, hailed joyfully the unexpected attitude of their new master.