"curtailing" in the verb sense
1. restrict, curtail, curb, cut back
place restrictions on
"curtail drinking in school"
2. 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"
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