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Synonyms for cut short
cut short
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Princeton's WordNet
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, knapcut shortverb
cause to end earlier than intended
"The spontaneous applause cut the singer short"
Synonyms:
truncate, clip, break off, curtail, break shorttruncate, 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 shortclip, 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
Dictionary of English Synonymes
cut short
Synonyms:
bring to a sudden close, end abruptlycut short
Synonyms:
check suddenly, hinder from proceedingcut short
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1038 | stop | |
#1618 | break | |
#2549 | clip | |
#2868 | dress | |
#3712 | chip | |
#5648 | crop | |
#5998 | trim | |
#9424 | restrict | |
#12551 | curb | |
#22808 | discontinue | |
#23816 | snip | |
#26264 | jog | |
#31755 | trot | |
#32728 | prune | |
#41636 | lop | |
#43430 | curtail | |
#43622 | truncate | |
#108159 | knap |
How to use cut short in a sentence?
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.
While the death penalty is unacceptable in any case, the judicial process should not be cut short for something as trivial as an expiration date when the stakes are so high. in order to fulfill my duty as Governor, which is to carry out these lawful sentences imposed by juries and upheld by the Arkansas Supreme Court, it is necessary to schedule the executions prior to the expiration of that drug.
It's heartbreaking for me to watch, over and over on TV, how his life was cut short on the street, just like a dog, they had no respect for him. No human being should die in the street like that - choked to death.
All of the scheduled executions must be halted for good, while the death penalty is unacceptable in any case, the judicial process should not be cut short for something as trivial as an expiration date when the stakes are so high.
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.
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