What does cutting off mean?
Definitions for cutting off
cut·ting off
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Princeton's WordNet
abscission, cutting offnoun
the act of cutting something off
cut, cutting, cutting offnoun
the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
"the barber gave him a good cut"
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of cutting off in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of cutting off in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of cutting off in a Sentence
The world will hold Russia accountable, president Putin’s actions demand a firm response. That’s why we’re imposing full blocking sanctions on VEB and Russia’s military bank, cutting off Russia from western financing, imposing sanctions on elites, and more.
Eating tree nuts like walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts, cashews, pistachios, and Brazil nuts may help prevent cancer, nuts contain cancer-fighting polyphenols that boost our immune systems to fight cancer, and they also have healthy omega 3 fatty acids, which can starve cancer by cutting off its blood supply.
Pemex, Mexico's largest oil company, coming out and cutting off some of the supply could have given the market a bit of a jolt here.
Hong Kong epidemiologist Yuen Kwok-yung:
So in Hong Kong, Hong Kong experts and authorities might have a third wave of cases coming from the mainland after a second wave... The epidemic is still serious in the society. At this stage, it is still not optimistic. What worries me the most is inadequate testing on patients with mild symptoms, which prevents Hong Kong experts and authorities from cutting off the chain of transmission.
We're cutting off our nose to spite our face. The very things (Trump's) complaining about, will make it tougher for us to do.
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