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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

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  1. cut short

    Synonyms:
    bring to a sudden close, end abruptly

  2. cut short

    Synonyms:
    check suddenly, hinder from proceeding

  3. cut short

    Synonyms:
    abridge, diminish

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How to use cut short in a sentence?

  1. Clayton Guyton:

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

  2. The OECD:

    The number of lives cut short by air pollution is already terrible and the potential rise in the next few decades is terrifying, if this is not motivation enough to act, this report shows there will also be a heavy economic cost to not taking action.

  3. Shane Fitzsimmons:

    Each one of those is a story of grief, of profound loss, and great sadness, of lives cut short, and of families being changed forever.

  4. Rachel Mitchell:

    Her life was cut short.

  5. Nora Taquinas:

    I'm fine if my time on this earth is cut short.

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