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Word: Curfew
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English (denoting a regulation requiring people to extinguish fires at a fixed hour in the evening, or a bell rung at that hour): from Old French cuevrefeu, from cuvrir ‘to cover’ + feu ‘fire’. The current sense dates from the late 19th century
ˈkəːfjuː
a regulation requiring people to remain indoors between specified hours, typically at night
Short Definition:regulation requiring people to remain indoors between specified hours
Examples:- a dusk-to-dawn curfew
- the whole area was immediately placed under curfew
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