Antonyms for cut shortcut short

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1. cut short, break short, break offverb

   interrupt before its natural or planned end

   "We had to cut short our vacation"

   Synonyms:
   stop, break away, clip, break short, come off, break off, chip, truncate, discontinue, chip off, snap off, curtail, break, cut off, knap

2. cut shortverb

   cause to end earlier than intended

   "The spontaneous applause cut the singer short"

   Synonyms:
   truncate, clip, break off, curtail, break short

3. truncate, cut shortverb

   make shorter as if by cutting off

   "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"

   Synonyms:
   truncate, clip, break off, curtail, break short

4. clip, curtail, cut shortverb

   terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent

   "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"

   Synonyms:
   restrict, cut back, break short, jog, prune, crop, clip, curtail, trim, dress, trot, snip off, break off, truncate, lop, curb, snip, nip off

How to use cut short in a sentence?

1. Asa Hutchinson:

   While the death penalty is unacceptable in any case, the judicial process should not be cut short for something as trivial as an expiration date when the stakes are so high. in order to fulfill my duty as Governor, which is to carry out these lawful sentences imposed by juries and upheld by the Arkansas Supreme Court, it is necessary to schedule the executions prior to the expiration of that drug.

2. Clayton Guyton:

   A good Samaritan, somebody that goes out of her way to help somebody, her life was cut short.

3. Salman Rushdie:

   Woe to that nation whose literature is cut short by the intrusion of force. This is not merely interference with freedom of the press but the sealing up of a nation's heart, the excision of its memory.

4. Ehsan Shahalami:

   He had a lot of dreams, and he accomplished some of them, his others were cut short by this heinous act.

5. Pastor Greg:

   As a community, we are grieving deeply right now. But Kevin lived by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and in his promise of the resurrection from the dead, though his earthly life was cut short, he used the time that he had on earth to the fullest. His example inspires us to do the same.

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