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curbed
adjective as in restricted
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Strong matches
adjective as in hushed
adjective as in limited
adjective as in pent-up
adjective as in silent
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Weak matches
- bashful
- buttoned-up
- checked
- clammed up
- close
- closed-up
- closemouthed
- dumb
- dummied up
- faint
- hush
- iced
- inarticulate
- incoherent
- inconversable
- indistinct
- inhibited
- laconic
- mousy
- muted
- noiseless
- nonvocal
- not talkative
- reserved
- shy
- silentious
- soundless
- still
- struck dumb
- taciturn
- tongue-tied
- unclear
- uncommunicative
- unheard
- unsociable
- unspeaking
- voiceless
- wordless
- zipped
adjective as in smothered
adjective as in temperate
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Example Sentences
Now, a new study published in Environmental Health Perspectives has concluded that Proposition 65 has curbed exposure to toxic substances in California — and nationally.
Many programs have curbed the practice in recent years.
Authorities in Delhi have warned residents to stay indoors as much as possible and have curbed construction activity in the city.
Police said it curbed gun crime at clubs and played a role in reducing serious violence – but even though the ethnicity clause was removed in 2008, the form targeted a disproportionate number of events by black and Asian artists and was eventually retired.
For its part, WaterAid urged the government to take "immediate action to end the ecocide", while the state water utility warned that Ghana risked becoming an importer of water by 2030 if the illegal mining was not curbed.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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