Synonyms: cut out
Definition: cease operating
Usage: The pump suddenly cut out
Similar words: cease, stop, terminate, finish, end
Definition: have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
Usage: the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed; Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other; My property ends by the bushes; The symphony ends in a pianissimo
Synonyms: cut out
Definition: delete or remove
Usage: Cut out the extra text; cut out the newspaper article
Similar words: do away with, eliminate, extinguish, get rid of
Definition: terminate, end, or take out
Usage: Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics; Socialism extinguished these archaic customs; eliminate my debts
Definition: intercept (a player)
Similar words: contain, hold back, arrest, check, stop, turn back
Definition: hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
Usage: Arrest the downward trend; Check the growth of communism in South East Asia; Contain the rebel movement; Turn back the tide of communism
Definition: cut off and stop
Usage: The bicyclist was cut out by the van
Similar words: stop, intercept
Definition: seize on its way
Usage: The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace
Synonyms: cut out, scratch out
Definition: strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out
Usage: scratch out my name on that list
Similar words: erase, efface, wipe off, score out, rub out
Definition: remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
Usage: Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!
Synonyms: cut out
Definition: form and create by cutting out
Usage: Picasso cut out a guitar from a piece of paper
Similar words: forge, form, mold, mould, shape, work
Definition: make something, usually for a specific function
Usage: She molded the rice balls carefully; Form cylinders from the dough; shape a figure; Work the metal into a sword
Synonyms: cut out
Definition: having been cut out
Usage: the cut-out pieces of the dress
Similar words: cut
Definition: fashioned or shaped by cutting
Usage: a well-cut suit; cut diamonds; cut velvet