Antonyms for cut shortcut 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

How to use cut short in a sentence?

1. Danielle Outlaw:

   These victims are far more than a number, it's not about when we reach 200, 300, 500, 600. These are people. These victims are brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, nieces, nephews, mentees, team members, classmates, many of them children. And for those whose lives have been tragically cut short, their life has left a void in the hearts of their families and their absence has left a profound impact on our community.

2. Clayton Guyton:

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

3. 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.

4. Vladimir Putin:

   We are talking about hundreds of militants there, thousands when it comes to CIS countries. This is a real threat to us. How and where will they head ? we need to understand this and mobilize the resources of our special services to cut short this emerging new threat.

5. David Langford:

   Its not worth living in fear, the toughest part for me was saying goodbye...saying goodbye to two innocent lives that were cut short and a vibrant wife that lived a life to its fullest that had many friends and was loved by all, by everybody.

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