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S: (n) abscission, cutting off (the act of cutting something off)
S: (n) cut, cutting, cutting off (the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends) "the barber gave him a good cut"

S: (v) interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off (make a break in) "We interrupt the program for the following messages"

S: (v) cut, cut off (cease, stop) "cut the noise"; "We had to cut short the conversation"
S: (v) punctuate (interrupt periodically) "Her sharp questions punctuated the speaker's drone"
S: (v) break (interrupt the flow of current in) "break a circuit"
S: (v) put away, put aside (turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily) "it's time for you to put away childish things"
S: (v) pause, intermit, break (cease an action temporarily) "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch"

S: (v) chime in, cut in, put in, butt in, chisel in, barge in, break in (break into a conversation) "her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation"
S: (v) burst in on, burst upon (spring suddenly) "He burst upon our conversation"

S: (v) heckle (challenge aggressively)
S: (v) interject, come in, interpose, put in, throw in, inject (to insert between other elements) "She interjected clever remarks"
S: (v) jam, block (interfere with or prevent the reception of signals) "Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station"
S: (v) stop, stop over (interrupt a trip) "we stopped at Aunt Mary's house"; "they stopped for three days in Florence"
S: (v) take off, take time off (take time off from work; stop working temporarily)

S: (v) break, break off, discontinue, stop (prevent completion) "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations"

S: (v) fracture (become fractured) "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe"
S: (v) bog down, bog (get stuck while doing something) "She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation"
S: (v) interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off (make a break in) "We interrupt the program for the following messages"

S: (v) cut, cut off (cease, stop) "cut the noise"; "We had to cut short the conversation"

S: (v) cut off, chop off, lop off (remove by or as if by cutting) "cut off the ear"; "lop off the dead branch"
S: (v) cut off, cut out (cut off and stop) "The bicyclist was cut out by the van"
S: (v) chip, knap, cut off, break off (break a small piece off from) "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth"
S: (v) amputate, cut off (remove surgically) "amputate limbs"