curb

curb verb arrest, brake, check, control, delay, detain, govern, harness, hinder, hold back, hold in check, hold up, impede, inhibit, keep within limits, limit, mitigate, muzzle, obstruct, prohibit, repress, restrain, retard, snub, stay, suppress, temper, throttle down, trammel, yoke

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See also: abate, adjust, allay, arrest, assuage, balk, bar, barrier, block, blockade, censorship, check, constrain, constraint, constrict, contain, control, damper, debar, delay, detain, deterrence, deterrent, diminish, disadvantage, discipline, disincentive, encumbrance, enjoin, fetter, halt, hamper, hinder, hold up, impede, inhibit, interfere, keep, lessen, limit, limitation, lock, margin, mitigate, moderate, modify, mollification, mollify, obstacle, obstruct, obstruction, palliate, preclude, prohibit, prohibition, quota, repress, resolve, restrain, restraint, restrict, restriction, stay, stem, stop, subdue, trammel, withhold