cut off

1. 1.

   make a break in

   “We interrupt the program for the following messages”

   Synonymsinterruptdisruptbreak up

   Broaderbreak

   Narrowercutpunctuatebreakput awaypausechime inburst in onheckleinterjectjam
2. 2.

   cease, stop

   “cut the noise”

   “We had to cut short the conversation”

   Synonymscut

   Broaderinterrupt
3. 3.

   remove by or as if by cutting

   “cut off the ear”

   “lop off the dead branch”

   Synonymschop offlop off

   Broaderdetach

   Narrowerabsciseroach
4. 4.

   cut off and stop

   “The bicyclist was cut out by the van”

   Synonymscut out

   Broaderintercept
5. 5.

   break a small piece off from

   “chip the glass”

   “chip a tooth”

   Synonymschipknapbreak off

   Broadercut
6. 6.

   remove surgically

   “amputate limbs”

   Synonymsamputate

   Broaderremove

   Narrowerslough off

   medicine

1. 1.

   detached by cutting

   “cut flowers”

   “a severed head”

   “an old tale of Anne Bolyn walking the castle walls with her poor cut-off head under her arm”

   Synonymssevered

   Similarcut

Questions about cut off

What does cut off mean?

cut off means "make a break in". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for cut off?

Close synonyms include interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut, chop off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cut off a common word?

cut off is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.