cut short

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verb

1. interrupt before its natural or planned end (Freq. 3)
- We had to cut short our vacation
• Syn:
break short, break off
• Hypernyms:
interrupt, break
• Hyponyms:
hang up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. cause to end earlier than intended (Freq. 1)
- The spontaneous applause cut the singer short
• Hypernyms:
interrupt, disrupt
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
3. make shorter as if by cutting off
- truncate a word
- Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains
• Syn:
truncate
• Derivationally related forms:
truncation (for: truncate)
• Hypernyms:
shorten
• Entailment:
cut off, chop off, lop off
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
4. 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
• Syn:
clip, curtail
• Derivationally related forms:
curtailment (for: curtail)
• Hypernyms:
shorten
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something