1
as in to stop
to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end
the majority party cut off debate and forced a vote on the bill
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2
as in to separate
to set or keep apart from others
the dog cut off the one sheep that had to be sheared
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as in cessation
the stopping of a process or activity
with a cutoff for funding the war, military operations soon ground to a halt
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Recent Examples of cut off
David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 23 Mar. 2026
The new orders have added to fears that Israel is seeking to essentially cut off swaths of southern Lebanon from the rest of the country.
—Arkansas Online, 23 Mar. 2026
Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
Summer is 100 days away, which means 100 days away from a uniform of bathing suits, denim cutoffs, and tank tops.
—Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 12 Mar. 2026
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Verb
Yet the exercise will end with a motion to cut off debate and advance the bill that will require the usual 60 votes.
—David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 23 Mar. 2026
The new orders have added to fears that Israel is seeking to essentially cut off swaths of southern Lebanon from the rest of the country.
—Arkansas Online, 23 Mar. 2026
Noun
Under his government, Cuba’s economy has hit rock bottom and a humanitarian crisis was already raging when the cutoff of oil supplies left the country without fuel.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
Summer is 100 days away, which means 100 days away from a uniform of bathing suits, denim cutoffs, and tank tops.
—Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 12 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cut off
Verb
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Her 15-year-old son can be heard in the background pleading with his mom and the officer to stop.—
Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Mar. 2026
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Mason McTavish and Troy Terry also scored for the Ducks, while John Carlson had three assists and Lukas Dostal stopped 27 shots.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
25 Mar. 2026
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The lawsuit alleges that the dispute escalated over a period of time that would have allowed security to reasonably notice the situation and intervene, but the bar failed to de-escalate, separate the people involved in the dispute or remove them from the bar.—
Camryn Dadey,
Sacbee.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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Yet despite pressure, embargoes and various CIA plots, the communist government in Havana has resisted the wishes of its very powerful neighbor separated by just 90 miles (145 kilometers) of water.—
Joseph J. Gonzalez,
The Conversation,
23 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The cessation of hostilities, or ceasefire, that was put in place at the end of that conflict was holding.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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The three countries have been trying to mediate a cessation of hostilities since Afghanistan and Pakistan renewed cross-border fighting in February, and had also been involved in helping broker a ceasefire between the two in October.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Mar. 2026
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The Van Ackers delivered photos of the spouting fountain, which had ceased operating in 2012, to every member of the California Legislature.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters International and humanitarian rights organizations are calling for attacks on health care workers and medical facilities in Lebanon to cease.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2026
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But opposition leaders have described the proposal as an effort to erase the crimes committed in the prison, where inmates were often isolated for months at a time, and tortured by agents seeking information on the activities of opposition activists.—
Manuel Rueda,
NPR,
20 Mar. 2026
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What’s more, the project also introduced an ultra-compact, galvanically isolated DC/DC converter with a 250-kilowatt capacity.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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And hope for a quick ending to this Iranian situation and the re-opening of the Strait of Hormuz.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Mar. 2026
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One bad matchup, one bad shooting night, one unfortunate stretch of five minutes can define a season’s ending.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 Mar. 2026
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Krispy Kreme and McDonald’s also jointly ended their partnership in July 2025 after finding the venture financially unsustainable, leading to over $50 million in charges for the doughnut company.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Mar. 2026
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Copper fell along with other base metals as investors monitored the uncertainty surrounding US-Iran negotiations to possibly end the war.—
Bloomberg,
Bloomberg,
26 Mar. 2026
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The strait remains virtually closed as violence in the region escalates, bringing shipping traffic to a near-halt.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
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Taylor Frankie Paul‘s turn as the star of The Bachelorette has come to a screeching halt after ABC opted to shelve the premiere.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Cut off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cut%20off. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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