cut short

Verb
  1. Interrupt before its natural or planned end (synset 200363458)
    "We had to cut short our vacation"
    is a type of: break, interrupt - terminate
    subtypes: hang up - interrupt a telephone conversation
    same as: break off, break short
  2. Cause to end earlier than intended (synset 200521682)
    "The spontaneous applause cut the singer short"
    is a type of: disrupt, interrupt - interfere in someone else's activity
  3. Make shorter as if by cutting off (synset 200318042)
    "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"
    entail: chop off, cut off, lop off - remove by or as if by cutting
    is a type of: shorten - make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
    same as: truncate
  4. Terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent (synset 200293639)
    "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"
    is a type of: shorten - make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
    same as: clip, curtail

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