cut off
Removed from supply
Cut off means to sever or separate by cutting: The surgeon cut off the damaged finger.
It extends to interrupting or stopping: cut off someone's words, cut off their funding, cut off their access.
A driver who cuts you off moves suddenly into your lane.
To be cut off is to be isolated: The storm cut off the village for days.
As a noun, a cutoff is a limit or threshold, or shorts made by cutting off pants legs.
Insert remarks abruptly
- silenceTotal lack of sound
- muteWithout voice or sound
- hang upEnd telephone conversation
- disconnectTo break a connection
mid-sentence · abrupt · rude · interjection · talk over · shush · end call · dropped call
Surgically remove a limb
- disconnectTo break a connection
- detachTo separate from
- severCut apart completely
- slicePortion cut off
snip · chop · truncate · cleave · dismember · prune · lop · shear
Bring to an end
- cancelRevoke or terminate
- suspendHalt or hang temporarily
- haltComplete sudden stop
- stopCease all motion
cease · end · expire · revoke · withdraw · disable · lapse · shut down
Complete separation from others
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- disconnectTo break a connection
- separateTo set apart
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
exclusion · segregation · alienation · detachment · solitude · loneliness · outcast · exile
Block or hinder passage
- barricadeObstacle blocking a path
- blockadeSealing off a place
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- roadblockObstruction across a road
impede · dam · seal · close · restrict · checkpoint · embargo · siege
Maximum allowed extent
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- expirationEnd of validity
- closingFinal stage of something
- endpointFinal point reached
boundary · cap · maximum · minimum · age limit · eligibility · qualifying · submission
interject
Insert remarks abruptly
disconnect · mid-sentence · abrupt · rude · interjection · talk over · shush · end call · dropped call · dial tone
amputate
Surgically remove a limb
- disconnectTo break a connection
- detachTo separate from
- severCut apart completely
slice · snip · chop · truncate · cleave · dismember · prune · lop · shear · guillotine
terminate
Bring to an end
stop · cease · end · expire · revoke · withdraw · disable · lapse · shut down · phase out
isolation
Complete separation from others
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- disconnectTo break a connection
- separateTo set apart
estrangement · exclusion · segregation · alienation · detachment · solitude · loneliness · outcast · exile · ostracize
obstruct
Block or hinder passage
roadblock · impede · dam · seal · close · restrict · checkpoint · embargo · siege · bottleneck
limit
Maximum allowed extent
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- expirationEnd of validity
- closingFinal stage of something
endpoint · boundary · cap · maximum · minimum · age limit · eligibility · qualifying · submission · enrollment
- driving slangfloor it, gun it, pedal to the metal, pedal to metal, peel out
- phrasal verbspick up, look at, put down, turn on, wait for
- dismissalsgo away, get out, leave, scram, beat it
- drivingdrive, steering, driver, acceleration, motorist
- blockingblock, barrier, barricade, blockade, obstruction
- finishfinish, complete, conclude, end, finalize
cut offrestored
Returned to original condition
turned on · reconnected · switched on · supplied · flowing
cut offincluded
Made part of
integrated · welcomed · admitted · embraced · incorporated