| ADJECTIVE | all | cut off, severed | detached by cutting |
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| VERB | communication | cut off, interrupt, disrupt, break up | make a break / break in |
| change | cut off, cut | cease, stop / stop | |
| contact | cut off, chop off, lop off | remove by or as if by cutting | |
| contact | cut off, cut out | cut off and stop | |
| contact | cut off, chip, knap, break off | break a small piece off from | |
| contact | cut off, amputate | remove surgically |
| Meaning | detached by cutting. | |
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| Synonym | severed | |
| Broader | cut | separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument |
| Catalan | tallat | |
| Meaning | make a break / break in. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | interrupt, disrupt, break up | |
| Narrower | break | interrupt the flow of current in |
| burst in on, burst upon | spring suddenly | |
| chime in, cut in, put in, butt in, chisel in, barge in, break in | break into a conversation | |
| cut, cut off | Cease, stop / stop | |
| heckle | challenge aggressively | |
| interject, come in, interpose, put in, throw in, inject | To insert / insert between other elements | |
| jam, block | interfere with or prevent the reception of signals | |
| pause, intermit, break | Cease an action temporarily | |
| punctuate | interrupt periodically | |
| put away, put aside | turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily | |
| stop, stop over | interrupt a trip | |
| take off, take time off | Take time off from work | |
| Broader | break, break off, discontinue, stop | prevent completion |
| See also | cut | cease, stop / stop |
| Spanish | interrumpir | |
| Meaning | Cease, stop / stop. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | cut | |
| Broader | interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off | make a break / break in |
| Catalan | tallar | |
| Spanish | cortar | |
| Meaning | Remove by or as if by cutting. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "cut off the ear" | |
| Synonyms | chop off, lop off | |
| Entailed by | truncate, cut short | make shorter / shorter as if by cutting off |
| Narrower | abscise | Remove or separate by abscission |
| roach | cut the mane off (a horse) | |
| Broader | detach, come off, come away | Come to be detached |
| Catalan | partir, trencar | |
| Meaning | cut off and stop. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | cut out | |
| Broader | intercept, stop | seize / seize on its way |
| Spanish | cortar | |
| Meaning | break a small piece off from. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | chip, knap, break off | |
| Broader | cut | separate with or as if with an instrument |
| See also | cut | separate with or as if with an instrument |
| Meaning | Remove surgically. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | Did he cut off his foot? | |
| Synonym | amputate | |
| Category | medicine, practice of medicine | The learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries |
| Entails | cut | separate with or as if with an instrument |
| Narrower | slough off | Separate from surrounding living tissue, as in an abortion |
| Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |