Synonyms for cutting off
cut·ting off

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1. abscission, cutting offnoun

   the act of cutting something off

   Synonyms:
   cutting, cut, abscission

2. cut, cutting, cutting offnoun

   the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends

   "the barber gave him a good cut"

   Synonyms:
   gash, abscission, press clipping, clipping, cold shoulder, press cutting, slip, cutting, film editing, slash, newspaper clipping, cut, swing, deletion, carving, thinning, excision, baseball swing, track, undercut, cut of meat, snub, slice, stinger

Matched Categories

1. • Removal
   • Shortening

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1. Josh Graves:

   Pemex, Mexico's largest oil company, coming out and cutting off some of the supply could have given the market a bit of a jolt here.

2. Governor Ralph Northam:

   No one is calling out the National Guard. No one is cutting off your electricity, or turning off the Internet. No one is going door-to-door to confiscate guns, these laws are intended to keep Virginians safe. Period. It's time to act.

3. William Li:

   Eating tree nuts like walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts, cashews, pistachios, and Brazil nuts may help prevent cancer, nuts contain cancer-fighting polyphenols that boost our immune systems to fight cancer, and they also have healthy omega 3 fatty acids, which can starve cancer by cutting off its blood supply.

4. Hong Kong epidemiologist Yuen Kwok-yung:

   So in Hong Kong, Hong Kong experts and authorities might have a third wave of cases coming from the mainland after a second wave... The epidemic is still serious in the society. At this stage, it is still not optimistic. What worries me the most is inadequate testing on patients with mild symptoms, which prevents Hong Kong experts and authorities from cutting off the chain of transmission.

5. Edward J. Burns:

   This was supposed to be a cooperative process, not an adversarial one, but the abrupt cutting off of this process through this raid was a direct affront to this necessary notion of cooperation.