глагол сокращать, укорачивать; урезывать, уменьшать Синоним(ы): abridge, diminish, reduce
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transitive verb Etymology: by folk etymology from earlier curtal to dock an animal's tail, from curtal, noun, animal with a docked tail, from Middle French courtault — more at curtal to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part Example: curtail the power of the executive branch Example: curtail inflation Synonyms: see shorten • curtailer noun