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Common collocations with curtail in American Collocation

curtail verb transitive

US /kɜrˈteɪl/

a lot

considerably
dramatically
drastically
greatly
immediately
seriously
severely
sharply
significantly
substantially

The production of harmful materials should be drastically curtailed or stopped.

slightly

slightly
somewhat

The bad weather slightly curtailed our climbing activities.

particular thing

ability
activity
career
debate
freedom
liberty
power
production
right
use

Do we really want to give the Government powers that will curtail our freedom in the name of security?

increase in something

growth
proliferation
spread

Our planning policies would curtail the spread of out-of-town malls.