- restrict, curtail, curb, cut back - place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school"
--1 is one way to limit, circumscribe, confine
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- clip, curtail, cut short - terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent; "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"
--2 is one way to shorten
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun curtailment1
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something