curfew
Pronunciation
/ˈkɝfju/
/kˈɜːfjuː/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "curfew"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻĢāĻŋāω, āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āύāĻŋāώāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧ

an order or law that prohibits people from going outside after a specific time, particularly at night
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
During the state of emergency, the mayor announced a curfew to prevent looting and ensure order.
āϜāϰ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻŽā§‡āϝāĻŧāϰ āϞ⧁āϟāĻĒāĻžāϟ āϰ⧋āϧ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļ⧃āĻ™ā§āĻ–āϞāĻž āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻĢāĻŋāω āĻ˜ā§‹āώāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

a signal, often a bell or siren, indicating the start of curfew restrictions

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Citizens returned home when the curfew sounded.
03

the specific time at which curfew restrictions begin

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Residents must be indoors before the curfew.
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