Verb cut short has 4 senses
  1. cut short, break short, break off - interrupt before its natural or planned end; "We had to cut short our vacation"
    --1 is one way to interrupt, break
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  2. cut short - cause to end earlier than intended; "The spontaneous applause cut the singer short"
    --2 is one way to
    interrupt, disrupt
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
  3. truncate, cut short - make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"
    --3 is one way to shorten
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  4. 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"
    --4 is one way to shorten
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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