Cut Short (Verb)

Meaning ¹

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".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Clip
• Curtail

Hypernyms

• Shorten

Meaning ²

Interrupt before its natural or planned end; "We had to cut short our vacation".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Break Short
• Break Off

Hypernyms

• Break

Meaning ³

Cause to end earlier than intended; "The spontaneous applause cut the singer short".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Hypernyms

• Disrupt

Meaning ⁴

Make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Truncate

Hypernyms

• Shorten