VERB
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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 -
cause to end earlier than intended
The spontaneous applause cut the singer short -
make shorter as if by cutting off
truncate a word
Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains -
interrupt before its natural or planned end
We had to cut short our vacation
How To Use cut short In A Sentence
- His brown hair was cut short and messy, and a pair of horn-rimmed glasses balanced on his nose.
- Those early repayments, or prepayments, cut short the lives of mortgage securities and can reduce their returns.
- He opened his mouth to answer but was cut short by a loud booming noise.
- Garnish with a fresh mint sprig and a straw cut short enough so that you almost bury your nose in the mint as you sip.
- Hiccups, more officially referred to as singultus, from Latin - to catch your breath while sobbing are repeated, spasmodic contractions of the diaphragm causing a quick inhalation, which is then cut short by an involuntary closing of the glottis. NYT > Home Page
- Two more telephone calls, both from motorway service station call boxes, cut short Marianne's rumination. OUT OF THE ASHES
- The band has cut short its US concert tour.
- Pekerman was a journeyman professional whose playing career during the 1970s was cut short by a knee injury.
- The dance was silly, unplanned, and cut short when both simultaneously slipped on patches of wet grass.
- Nor are the insights of happiness limited to what is near around you. Unhappy, with your thoughts turned in upon your emotional woes, your vision is cut short as though by a wall. Happy, the wall crumbles.