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cut off
verb
- to remove by cutting
- to intercept or interrupt something, esp a telephone conversation
- to discontinue the supply of
to cut off the water
- to bring to an end
- to deprive of rights; disinherit
she was cut off without a penny
- to sever or separate
she was cut off from her family
- to occupy a position so as to prevent or obstruct (a retreat or escape)
noun
- the act of cutting off; limit or termination
- ( as modifier )
the cutoff point
- a route or way that is shorter than the usual one; short cut
- a device to terminate the flow of a fluid in a pipe or duct
- Also calledoffcut the remnant of metal, plastic, etc, left after parts have been machined or trimmed
- electronics
- the value of voltage, frequency, etc, below or above which an electronic device cannot function efficiently
- ( as modifier )
cutoff voltage
- a channel cutting across the neck of a meander, which leaves an oxbow lake
- another name for oxbow
Example Sentences
Meanwhile, new applications continue to pour in as a September 2014 cut-off date nears.
There is no consensus as to where the cut-off point should be for diagnosing dyslexia.
This would make sense, if there was a cut-off somewhere along the vast “deodorant using—crop dusting” continuum.
More to the point, an aid cut-off could actually increase leverage.
Now, he is pressing the idea of setting the cut-off at 56 in an effort to force more Americans off of Medicare.
Huge populations were in the shallow sandy backwaters and cut-off pools of the Arkansas River.
Figure 274 illustrates the manner of finding essential points in drawing or marking out cut-off cams.
These curved lines embrace a cut-off cam of five-eighths limit, shown complete in Figure 278.
The main valves are connected by a right and left hand screw, to enable their adjustment, as are also the cut-off valves.
They intend going the Salt Lake route from here, but we shall go the Sublett cut-off.
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