Vocabulary
Curtail
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
to reduce or limit something
Urdu meaning
تخفیف کرنا ، کمی کرنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
Sentences are selected from stored editorial text where your search word appears. If none appear yet, run the admin sentence generator for fuller coverage.
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It does not discourage or curtail solar installations; it merely shrinks the unfair subsidy provided to upper-income households.
Dawn Editorials —
Solar without net metering
— 2026-02-18
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But it won`t waste `blood and treasure` to curtail the influence of all the world`s powers.The kind of global leadership envisioned is apparent from the document.
Dawn Editorials —
An `America First` strategy
— 2025-12-22
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Similar amendments have now been introduced at the federal level, further expanding the state`s power to curtail individual liberty.These measures also undermine the principle of the presumption of innocence.
Dawn Editorials —
Laws and rights in transition
— 2025-11-07
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Unless some form of accountability is established, it is possible that information blackouts will continue to be used to curtail even basic civil freedoms under the guise of security.
Dawn Editorials —
Quetta disconnected
— 2025-11-02
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OR years, forces favouring a stronger centre have pushed for rolling back some aspects of the 18th Amendment to curtail provincial powers and revise the National Finance Commission in order to shore up the centre`s strained finances.
Dawn Editorials —
Devolution debate
— 2025-08-14
Synonyms
abridge, shorten
Antonyms
protract, prolong
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