CUT SHORT

• (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"

  synonyms : clip , curtail

  -added by Aswathy_inlas

• (verb) make shorter as if by cutting off

  "truncate a word", "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"

  synonyms : truncate

• (verb) interrupt before its natural or planned end

  "We had to cut short our vacation"

  synonyms : break off , break short

• (verb) cause to end earlier than intended

  "The spontaneous applause cut the singer short"

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