usage: interrupt before its natural or planned end; "We had to cut short our vacation"
2. cut short, interrupt, disrupt
usage: cause to end earlier than intended; "The spontaneous applause cut the singer short"
3. truncate, cut short, shorten
usage: make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"
4. clip, curtail, cut short, shorten
usage: terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent; "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"