cut-off
No longer connected
Cut-off describes a point where something stops or is no longer included.
A cut-off date is a deadline; a cut-off score determines who qualifies.
As a noun, cutoff refers to shorts made by cutting off the legs of jeans, or a route that shortcuts a longer path: We took the cutoff to save twenty minutes.
To be cut off is to be disconnected or excluded: They cut off his water for nonpayment.
Maximum allowed extent
- deadlineTime limit for completion
- boundaryLine marking a limit
- capCovering for top
- ceilingRoom's upper surface
maximum · quota · minimum · eligibility · qualifying · requirement · demarcation · borderline
To break a connection
- terminateBring to an end
- disengageBreak free from attachment
- detachTo separate from
- unplugSever from power source
discontinue · interrupt · break · suspend · halt · stop · deactivate · disable
Break in upon
- interjectInsert remarks abruptly
- silenceTotal lack of sound
- muteWithout voice or sound
- talk overExamine through conversation
shush · override · drown out · butt in · hang up · disconnect · end call · abrupt
Bar from participation
- rejectDismiss as unsuitable
- disqualifyDeclare unfit to compete
- eliminateRemove completely
- barDrinking establishment
ban · blacklist · shut out · leave out · ostracize · expel · turn away · ineligible
Separate from others
- strandThin fiber piece
- maroonDark brownish-red hue
- trapDevice for catching animals
- blockadeSealing off a place
barricade · surround · encircle · siege · snowbound · quarantine · inaccessible · unreachable
sever
Cut apart completely
excise · slice · detach · cleave · dissect · bisect · incise · carve · snip · shear
limit
Maximum allowed extent
ceiling · maximum · quota · minimum · eligibility · qualifying · requirement · demarcation · borderline · criterion
disconnect
To break a connection
unplug · discontinue · interrupt · break · suspend · halt · stop · deactivate · disable · power down
interrupt
Break in upon
talk over · shush · override · drown out · butt in · hang up · disconnect · end call · abrupt · sudden
exclude
Bar from participation
- rejectDismiss as unsuitable
- disqualifyDeclare unfit to compete
- eliminateRemove completely
bar · ban · blacklist · shut out · leave out · ostracize · expel · turn away · ineligible · disallow
isolate
Separate from others
blockade · barricade · surround · encircle · siege · snowbound · quarantine · inaccessible · unreachable · incommunicado
- interruptionsinterruption, disruption, butting in, interjecting, interjection
- thresholdslimit, threshold, brink, edge, boundary
cut-offconnected
Joined to another
joined · linked · continuous · reunion · attached
cut-offin touch
Communicating regularly
connected · communicating · reachable · on the line · restored