Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Curtail"

A: Curtail is usually used to mean that you avoided something/prevented it from happening.

A: All three words imply some kind of reduction, but curtail tends to suggest stopping something before the end, or cutting something off before the end is reached. It is probably closer to shorten than reduce.

"We curtailed our chat when the movie started."
= We cut off our chat when the movie started.

A: .. reduce in quantity

A: "If he would only curtail his drinking and gambling, he might still have money!"

It means to limit or even stop doing something.

A: 我可以举一些例子，但是缩减并不常用。 您是否仍然需要一些示例？

A: We have since seen even more curtailments to what constitutes legal protest.
He added any new action would be limited to curtailing extracurricular services and the resumption of a full strike would only be considered as a last resort.
Her visit was abruptly curtailed when news was received about the death of her father, King George VI.

A: “To curtail theft, the store installed security cameras”

A: Curtail means to slow down, restrict or stop. Diminish means to reduce. So they can by synonyms but not always. Typical example of symptoms would be to curtail/diminish spending.

A: minimize means to make something to the smallest possible amount/degree. ex: i want to minimize any negative feelings.

curtail means to reduce something in quantity, or to put a restriction on. ex: it’s there to curtail any illegal activities.

A: They're synonyms. :)

A: "Curtail" means to put a stop to or reduce something bad. It is a rather uncommon word, I would recommend not using it.

"I tried very hard to curtail my bad habits"

"Hamper" means to interfere or get in the way of something.

"The Republican senate members are hampering the nuclear disarmament process with Iran"