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restriction

/ɹɪˈstɹɪkʃən/ noun B2
  1. The act of restricting, or the state of being restricted. (countable, uncountable)
  2. A regulation or limitation that restricts. (countable, uncountable)
  3. The mechanism by which a cell degrades foreign DNA material. (countable, uncountable)

Plural restrictions

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To prevent this disaster, the government introduced strict water restrictions across the city.
The City That Almost Ran Dry, p. 1 · B2

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