cut off

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To remove by cutting.
2. (transitive) To isolate or remove from contact.
3. (transitive) To stop the provision or supply of something, e.g. power, water.
4. (transitive) To stop providing funds or something else to (someone).
5. (transitive) To end abruptly.
6. (transitive) To interrupt (someone speaking).
7. (Canada, US, transitive) To swerve in front of (another car) while driving.
8. (transitive) To move so as to block someone else's movement in a direction.
9. (Southern-US, US, regional, transitive) To turn off or switch off (an electrical device).

Noun

Alternative form of cutoff.

Synonyms

cut

sever

break off

amputate

clip

disconnect

separate

cut down

cut out

stop

🛑

break

chop

interrupt

break up

block

slash

cut short

trim

cut away

divide

shorten

prune

truncate

intercept

detach

severed

destroy

curtail

tear off

excise

hack

slice

chop off

pare

reap

slice off

cut loose

snip off

trim off

cut through

isolate

lop off

cut up

switch off

amputated

swish off

disrupt

eliminate

isolated

lop

Translations

abschneiden

couper

cortar

tagliare

cortar

schneiden

tailler

troncare

amputar

trancher

retrancher

mutilare

recortar

amputare

unterbrechen

Sentences

According to Plutarch , Herennius first slew him , then cut off his head .