cut off

(noun) a designated limit beyond which something cannot function or must be terminated. Synonyms: cutoff.

(noun) a route shorter than the usual one. Synonyms: shortcut, cutoff, crosscut.

(noun) a device that terminates the flow in a pipe. Synonyms: cutoff.

(verb) make a break in. Synonyms: interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off. Example: "We interrupt the program for the following messages."

(verb) cease, stop. Synonyms: cut, cut off. Examples: "Cut the noise." "We had to cut short the conversation."

(verb) remove by or as if by cutting. Synonyms: cut off, chop off, lop off. Examples: "Cut off the ear." "Lop off the dead branch."

(verb) cut off and stop. Synonyms: cut off, cut out. Example: "The bicyclist was cut out by the van."

(verb) break a small piece off from. Synonyms: chip, knap, cut off, break off. Examples: "Chip the glass." "Chip a tooth."

(verb) remove surgically. Synonyms: amputate, cut off. Example: "Amputate limbs."

(adj) detached by cutting. Synonyms: severed, cut off. Examples: "Cut flowers." "A severed head." "An old tale of anne bolyn walking the castle walls with her poor cut-off head under her arm."