Synonyms of cuts off

cuts off

verb

present tense third-person singular of cut off

1

as in stops

to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end

the majority party cut off debate and forced a vote on the bill

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stops
• ceases
• ends
• halts
• breaks off
• cuts out
• shuts off
• lays off
• quits
• knocks off
• breaks up
• packs (up or in)
• leaves off
• delays
• has done with
• gives over
• drops
• concludes
• desists (from)
• suspends
• breaks
• finishes
• discontinues
• cans
• closes (down)
• puts the kibosh on
• checks
• blocks
• completes
• holds back
• turns back
• reins (in)
• clamps down
• pauses
• stems
• stays
• hinders
• ruins
• holds
• stamps
• obstructs
• impedes
• deactivates
• brakes
• suppresses
• arrests
• destroys
• aborts
• detains
• dams
• calls
• kiboshes
• stanches
• stunts
• dissolves
• kills
• scuttles
• squelches
• squashes
• abolishes
• blockades
• demolishes
• annuls
• snuffs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continues
• runs on
• carries on
• advances
• progresses
• proceeds
• keeps up
• follows through (with)
• drives
• stirs
• impels
• propels
• actuates

2

as in separates

to set or keep apart from others

the dog cut off the one sheep that had to be sheared

Synonyms & Similar Words

• separates
• isolates
• removes
• segregates
• restrains
• insulates
• locks (up)
• confines
• keeps
• secludes
• sequesters
• restricts
• quarantines
• detaches
• holds
• immures
• interns
• disengages
• incarcerates
• abstracts
• detains
• jails

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• integrates
• associates
• connects
• desegregates
• joins
• links
• reintegrates
• unites
• assimilates
• releases
• discharges
• liberates
• frees
• looses

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cuts off

The officers are seen lifting Belgal from the car before the video cuts off. — Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026

Reviving a yearslong disagreement, the city of Batavia is again asking Aurora to remove a gate on Wagner Road off Mesa Lane, which currently cuts off one way of entering and exiting a neighborhood on the edge of Aurora’s border with Batavia. — Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026

However, the closure of the National Tunnel cuts off all travelers at the midpoint. — Megan Shinn, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026

Grylls cuts off the animal’s tongue with a knife and boils it over a campfire. — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2026

Remote work cuts off young workers from much of that organic mentoring. — Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2026

Architects must build a central kill switch that instantly cuts off the AI if an anomaly occurs. — Naveen Jayaram, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Becoming an upper-middle-income country also cuts off development funding from organizations like the World Bank. — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 3 July 2026

But a wartime spike in energy prices has pushed rate cuts off the table for now. — Scott Horsley, NPR, 17 June 2026