Further negotiations were curtailed abruptly after he broke a leg at Cameroon's pre-World Cup training camp, and missed the 1998 World Cup.

One consequence of the war is that America's embroilment in Vietnam is abruptly curtailed.

Development was abruptly curtailed by the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922, which brought the arms race to a halt.

But Ms. Bachman was injured halfway through the making of the ballet, and her fairy-tale leap into the spotlight was abruptly curtailed.

Talks between Republican and Nationalist representatives were initiated on 23 March but were abruptly curtailed by Franco two days later.

Northumbrian encroachments were abruptly curtailed in 685, when Ecgfrith suffered complete defeat by a Pictish force at the Battle of Nechtansmere.

Nigel did not seem to mind that his autonomous political activity had been abruptly curtailed.

A further SOS call was made between 16:03 and 16:04 was abruptly curtailed.

However, further discussion concerning that lady was curtailed abruptly by the swishing sound of tyres drawing to a sudden halt on the gravel outside the reception entrance.

Staff salaries were reduced rapidly in cost-of-living terms, and funding for facilities, library acquisitions, and other necessary resources was abruptly curtailed.