Synonyms: curtail, cut short, clip
Definition: terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
Usage: My speech was cut short; Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries
Similar words: shorten
Definition: make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
Usage: He shortened his trip due to illness
Definition: make shorter as if by cutting off
Usage: truncate a word; Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains
Similar words: shorten
Definition: make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
Usage: He shortened his trip due to illness
Synonyms: cut short, break off, break short
Definition: interrupt before its natural or planned end
Usage: We had to cut short our vacation
Similar words: break, interrupt
Definition: terminate
Usage: She interrupted her pregnancy; break a lucky streak; break the cycle of poverty
Synonyms: cut short
Definition: cause to end earlier than intended
Usage: The spontaneous applause cut the singer short
Similar words: disrupt, interrupt
Definition: interfere in someone else's activity
Usage: Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone