Curtailed (V):
Reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on. (सीमित/कटौती)
Antonyms: Develop, Extend, Grow, Increase
Example: Until 1878 the forests were almost neglected; afterwards, the government was forced to levy a graduated tax on goats, owing to the damage they inflicted upon young trees, and to curtail the popular rights of cutting timber and fir-wood and of pasturage.
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