Cut
Shut off
Shut off verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
Both terms in one sentence
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If they tried to cut their way out, one repulsor beam would shut off and the other one would crush them against a Dreadnaught.
Source: Evil Elevator -
The lasers that cut off one commando's limbs, decapitate another and finally cut up Colin Salmon into square chunks using a laser grid - milliseconds before they're shut off - after he dodges the first two.
Source: Nightmare Fuel / Film -
Cut the Juice: In order to bypass security measures at the door to the Source, the group decides to shut off the power...by blowing up an entire nuclear powerplant.
Source: Film / The Matrix Reloaded
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