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| 1. | [ verb ] make a break in | |
| Synonyms: | interrupt disrupt break_up | |
| Examples: | "We interrupt the program for the following messages" |
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| Related terms: | break pause stop cut interject take_off chime_in jam heckle burst_in_on put_away break punctuate gap | |
| 2. | [ verb ] cease, stop | |
| Synonyms: | cut | |
| Examples: | : "cut the noise" "We had to cut short the conversation" |
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| Related terms: | interrupt interrupt | |
| 3. | [ verb ] remove by or as if by cutting | |
| Synonyms: | lop_off chop_off | |
| Examples: | "cut off the ear" "lop off the dead branch" |
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| Related terms: | detach abscise | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] detached by cutting | |
| Synonyms: | severed | |
| Examples: | "cut flowers" "a severed head" "an old tale of Anne Bolyn walking the castle walls with her poor cut-off head under her arm" |
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| Related terms: | cut | |
| 5. | [ verb ] break a small piece off from | |
| Synonyms: | knap break_off chip | |
| Examples: | "chip the glass" "chip a tooth" |
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| Related terms: | cut carve bit | |
| 6. | [ verb ] cut off and stop | |
| Synonyms: | cut_out | |
| Examples: | "The bicyclist was cut out by the van" |
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| Related terms: | intercept | |
| 7. | [ verb ] (surgery) remove surgically; of limbs | |
| Synonyms: | amputate | |
| Related terms: | remove amputator cut | |
| Similar spelling: |
cutoff |
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