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Antonyms for cut shortcut short
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term cut short.
Princeton's WordNet
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, knapcut shortverb
cause to end earlier than intended
"The spontaneous applause cut the singer short"
Synonyms:
truncate, clip, break off, curtail, break shorttruncate, 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 shortclip, 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?
The market became a bit nervous on why the summit was cut short, so investors decided to take a wait-and-see stance.
No matter what information comes to light, it won't change the fact that Amir Locke's life was cut short.
The pictures highlight how these women’s lives were cut short. They are incomplete because the women were never allowed to live their full lives.
Boris Johnson should have immediately cut short his holiday to deal with an issue that could have grave consequences for the UK and the world.
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.
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