What does cut off mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. severed, cut offverb

    detached by cutting

    "cut flowers"; "a severed head"; "an old tale of Anne Bolyn walking the castle walls with her poor cut-off head under her arm"

  2. interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut offverb

    make a break in

    "We interrupt the program for the following messages"

  3. cut, cut offverb

    cease, stop

    "cut the noise"; "We had to cut short the conversation"

  4. cut off, chop off, lop offverb

    remove by or as if by cutting

    "cut off the ear"; "lop off the dead branch"

  5. cut off, cut outverb

    cut off and stop

    "The bicyclist was cut out by the van"

  6. chip, knap, cut off, break offverb

    break a small piece off from

    "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth"

  7. amputate, cut offverb

    remove surgically

    "amputate limbs"

Wiktionary

  1. cut offnoun

    fuse.

  2. cut offverb

    To remove via cutting.

  3. cut offverb

    To isolate or remove from contact.

  4. cut offverb

    To stop providing funds to someone.

  5. cut offverb

    To end abruptly.

  6. cut offverb

    To interrupt (someone speaking).

  7. cut offverb

    To swerve in front of (another car).

ChatGPT

  1. cut off

    Cut off generally refers to the act of stopping or discontinuing something abruptly. It can apply to various situations such as terminating a supply, interrupting someone while speaking, ending a process or connection, or creating a boundary or limit. The specific interpretation depends on the context in which the term is used.

Wikidata

  1. Cut Off

    Cut Off is a census-designated place on the Bayou Lafourche in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 5,635 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux Metropolitan Statistical Area. Cut Off's ZIP code is 70345, the area code is 985 and local telephone prefixes are 325, 632 and 693.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. cut off

    A term used to denote a vessel's being seized by stratagem by the natives, and the crew being murdered. Also, to intercept a retreat.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of cut off in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of cut off in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of cut off in a Sentence

  1. Chip Roy:

    One, to elevate them in the consciousness of the American people that they're our enemy, and they need to be destroyed, two, to give our law enforcement personnel and our government the tools and the power that is necessary to cut off their finances, to then go after American people who are providing them material support — if you're an American citizen helping a cartel member, then you need to go to jail — and do the things that are necessary to knock their knees out from under them.

  2. Rob Bonta:

    Medication abortion is safe, effective, and serves as a lifeline for people in need of critical care, especially those from vulnerable and underserved communities, i am disappointed that Walgreens has decided to give in to political pressure from anti-abortion states, and cut off access to these necessary and lifesaving medications.

  3. Adam Aron:

    When you tell a 22-year-old to turn off the phone, don't ruin the movie, they hear please cut off your left arm above the elbow, you can't tell a 22-year-old to turn off their cellphone. That's not how they live their life.

  4. President Barack Obama:

    It is a good deal, a deal that meets our core objectives, this framework would cut off every pathway that Iran could take to develop a nuclear weapon.

  5. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee:

    The Biden Administration refuses to secure the border and is instead scattering unaccompanied kids all over the country with no regard for the consequences, when we push back and demand answers, they cut off transparency and embolden one of the worst human trafficking crises we’ve seen at our border in the last 20 years.


Translations for cut off

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  • قطعArabic
  • abschneiden, unterbrechen, abbrechen, schneidenGerman
  • keskeyttää, katkaista, sulake, eristääFinnish
  • couperFrench
  • bevág, kikapcsolHungarian
  • trancharIdo
  • tagliareItalian
  • 割り込む, 断つJapanese
  • rozłączać, rozłączyć, odcinać, odciąćPolish
  • recortar, cortarPortuguese
  • opriRomanian
  • перебить, прерва́ть, подре́зать, прерыва́ть, подтезать, изоли́ровать, отре́зать, перебива́ть, отреза́тьRussian
  • перебитиUkrainian
  • cắtVietnamese

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