All cut short synonyms

verb cut short

• hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
• quit — to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.
• halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
• terminate — to bring to an end; put an end to: to terminate a contract.
• shorten — to make short or shorter.
• abort — If an unborn baby is aborted, the pregnancy is ended deliberately and the baby is not born alive.
• interrupt — to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).
• postpone — to put off to a later time; defer: He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.
• curtail — If you curtail something, you reduce or limit it.
• break off — If part of something breaks off or if you break it off, it comes off or is removed by force.
• abbreviate — If you abbreviate something, especially a word or a piece of writing, you make it shorter.
• abridge — to reduce the length of (a written work) by condensing or rewriting
• check — Check is also a noun.
• checkmate — to thwart or render powerless
• clip — A clip is a small device, usually made of metal or plastic, that is specially shaped for holding things together.
• diminish — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
• finish — to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
• freeze — to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.
• intercept — to take, seize, or halt (someone or something on the way from one place to another); cut off from an intended destination: to intercept a messenger.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.