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. Gregory Bernstein:

   Everyone's pain threshold is a little different. An embolization is pretty painful regardless. Think about it. Jamin Brahmbhatt are cutting off the blood supply to tissue in the body, which cuts off oxygen, which causes tissue to die, and that can be pretty painful.

2. Aydan Ozoguz:

   It was an illusion to think that cutting off Mare Nostrum would prevent people from attempting this dangerous voyage across the Mediterranean.

3. President Barack Obama:

   Our goal has to be militarily constraining ISIL's capabilities, cutting off their supply lines, cutting off their financing.

4. Jonathan Swift:

   The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.

5. Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev:

   Certain people in the United States are driving nails into this structure of our relationship, then cutting off the heads. So the Soviets must use their teeth to pull them out.