All cutoff synonyms
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C c noun cutoff
- freeze β to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.
- cease β If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
- close β When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or opening is covered.
- arrest β If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.
- time-out β a brief suspension of activity; intermission or break.
- conclusion β When you come to a conclusion, you decide that something is true after you have thought about it carefully and have considered all the relevant facts.
- finish β to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
- remission β the act of remitting.
- stop β to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- stay β (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
- break β When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
- abeyance β a state of being suspended or put aside temporarily
- standstill β a state of cessation of movement or action; halt; stop: The ball rolled to a standstill.
- bound β Bound is the past tense and past participle of bind.
- impasse β a position or situation from which there is no escape; deadlock.
- stand β (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- meanwhile β meantime.
- gap β a department in SE France. 2179 sq. mi. (5645 sq. km). Capital: Gap.
- time β the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- breach β If you breach an agreement, a law, or a promise, you break it.
- interregnum β an interval of time between the close of a sovereign's reign and the accession of his or her normal or legitimate successor.
- dissolution β the act or process of resolving or dissolving into parts or elements.
- obstruction β something that obstructs, blocks, or closes up with an obstacle or obstacles; obstacle or hindrance: obstructions to navigation.
- interim β an intervening time; interval; meantime: School doesn't start till September, but he's taking a Spanish class in the interim.
- dormancy β the state of being dormant.
- severance β the act of severing or the state of being severed.
- quiescence β being at rest; quiet; still; inactive or motionless: a quiescent mind.
- split β to divide or separate from end to end or into layers: to split a log in two.
- division β the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
- latency β the state of being latent.
- parenthesis β either or both of a pair of signs () used in writing to mark off an interjected explanatory or qualifying remark, to indicate separate groupings of symbols in mathematics and symbolic logic, etc.
- separation β an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.
- disconnection β the act of disconnecting.
- doldrums β A part of the ocean near the equator, abounding in calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds, which sometimes prevent all progress for weeks β so called by sailors.
- rift β an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- obstacle β something that obstructs or hinders progress.
- impediment β obstruction; hindrance; obstacle.
- hindrance β an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- hush β to become or be silent or quiet: They hushed as the judge walked in.
- comma β A comma is the punctuation mark , which is used to separate parts of a sentence or items in a list.
- stillness β silence; quiet; hush.
- stopover β a brief stop in the course of a journey, as to eat, sleep, or visit friends.
- gridlock β the stoppage of free vehicular movement in an urban area because key intersections are blocked by traffic.
- hesitancy β hesitation; indecision or disinclination.
- deadlock β If a dispute or series of negotiations reaches deadlock, neither side is willing to give in at all and no agreement can be made.
- repose β the state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep.
- sleep β to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
- comfort β If you are doing something in comfort, you are physically relaxed and contented, and are not feeling any pain or other unpleasant sensations.
- composure β Composure is the appearance or feeling of calm and the ability to control your feelings.
- ease β freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.