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Curtails the brigade's movements (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abridges

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'curtails' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to change as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'brigade's movements' is the wordplay.
'movements' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'movement' mean this (letters move around)).
'brigades' with letters rearranged gives 'ABRIDGES'.

'the' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for abridges that I've seen before include "Shortens" , "Makes short work of" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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