cut off

Synonyms:

chop off, lop off

Types:

abscise

remove or separate by abscission

roach

cut the mane off (a horse)

Type of:

come away, come off, detach

come to be detached

Synonyms:

amputate

Types:

slough off

separate from surrounding living tissue, as in an abortion

Type of:

remove, take, take away, withdraw

remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract

Synonyms:

break off, chip, knap

Type of:

cut

separate with or as if with an instrument

Synonyms:

break up, disrupt, interrupt

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cut

cease, stop

punctuate

interrupt periodically

break

interrupt the flow of current in

put aside, put away

turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily

break, intermit, pause

cease an action temporarily

barge in, break in, butt in, chime in, chisel in, cut in, put in

break into a conversation

burst in on, burst upon

spring suddenly

heckle

challenge aggressively

come in, inject, interject, interpose, put in, throw in

to insert between other elements

block, jam

interfere with or prevent the reception of signals

stop, stop over

interrupt a trip

take off, take time off

take time off from work; stop working temporarily

disrupt, interrupt

interfere in someone else's activity

breathe, catch one's breath, rest, take a breather

take a short break from one's activities in order to relax

take five

take a break for five minutes

take ten

take a ten minute break

barrage jam

jam an entire frequency spectrum

point jam

jam a narrow band of frequencies

spot jam

jam a single frequency

blanket jam

jam a broad spectrum of frequencies to affect all communications in the area except for directional antenna communications

call

make a stop in a harbour

lay over, stop over

interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight

Type of:

break, break off, discontinue, stop

prevent completion

Synonyms:

cut

Type of:

break up, disrupt, interrupt

make a break in