Verb

• S: (v) cut short, break short, break off (interrupt before its natural or planned end) "We had to cut short our vacation"
• S: (v) cut short (cause to end earlier than intended) "The spontaneous applause cut the singer short"
• S: (v) truncate, cut short (make shorter as if by cutting off) "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"
• S: (v) clip, curtail, cut short (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"