curfew
IPA: kˈɝfju
noun
- Any regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time.
- The time when such restriction begins.
- A signal indicating this time.
- A fireplace accessory designed to bank a fire by completely covering the embers.
- (historical) A regulation in feudal Europe by which fires had to be covered up or put out at a certain fixed time in the evening, marked by the ringing of an evening bell.
- The evening bell, which continued to be rung in many towns after the regulation itself became obsolete.
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Examples of "curfew" in Sentences
- The Watchers impose a midnight curfew.
- The curfew was lifted for the elections.
- A curfew was imposed in the district after the blast.
- Other plays were The Curfew and The School for Authors.
- A curfew has been imposed in the area surrounding the academy.
- Iraqi security forces lifted the curfew throughout the province.
- This was to avoid breaking the strict curfew imposed by the Nazis.
- Because of the curfew declared, they had to avoid the main streets.
- He was tagged and placed on a curfew for the balance of the sentence.
- The government could implement curfews controlling the movement of people.