Words similar to curtail

Example sentences for: curtail

How can you use “curtail” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

It would mean a redoubled effort to secure the country, disarm militias, and curtail the age of warlord rule.
Fertilizer runoff from the Mississippi River has killed sea life over an area the size of New Jersey in the Gulf of Mexico, says an article . Farmers are resisting calls to curtail fertilizer use.
Anti-smoking advertising is only one weapon in the fight against tobacco: A proposed settlement being worked on by U.S. cigarette makers and government lawyers will require that the tobacco industry 1) fund smoking-cessation programs for American smokers; 2) commit to reducing teen smoking by 50 percent over the next seven years, failing which it will pay huge penalties; 3) drastically curtail advertising; 4) fund "countermarketing" programs.
kick the bucket die, for example, is probably known in all dialects of English; kick into touch curtail or postpone further treatment is unknown except to those familiar with British idiom.
North Korea responded by canceling this week's talks with the United States, which were supposed to curtail North Korean arms proliferation.