Synonyms for cut short
cut 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

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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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1. 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.

2. Valerie Plame:

   My career in the CIA was cut short by partisan politics, but I'm not done serving our country, we need more people in Congress with the courage to stand up for what's right.

3. Jeremy Corbyn:

   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.

4. Clayton Guyton:

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

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.