Resolution resolved: The United States federal government should substantially curtail its domestic surveillance. Violations

Curtail means shorten or abridge

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curtail (English)

Verb

curtail (third-person singular simple present curtails, present participle curtailing, simple past and past participle curtailed) transitive

obsolete - To cut short the tail of an animal

Curtailing horses procured long horse-hair.

To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate.

When the audience grew restless, the speaker curtailed her speech.

figuratively - To limit or restrict, keep in check.

Their efforts to curtail spending didn't quite succeed.