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(verb) interrupt before its natural or planned end; "We had to cut short our vacation" |
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Synonyms: break off, break short |
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Related Words: break, hang up, interrupt |
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(verb) cause to end earlier than intended; "The spontaneous applause cut the singer short" |
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Related Words: disrupt, interrupt |
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(verb) make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains" |
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Synonyms: truncate |
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Related Words: shorten |
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(verb) as of hair; "She wanted her hair cropped short" |
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Synonyms: crop |
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Related Words: cut |
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(verb) 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" |
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Synonyms: clip, curtail |
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Related Words: shorten |
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