Cut off
Cut off verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
Both terms in one sentence
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Instead, it was a shot of a gray desert with an expressionless redhead cut off at the right edge of the picture.
Source: Lady Not-Appearing-in-This-Game -
One day, however, Rapunzel accidentally revealed the Prince's existence to the witch, who cut off the girl's hair and banished her to the desert.
Source: Literature / Rapunzel -
Nevermind the fact that by the time they say it, they are in a foggy, snowy, desert, monster-infested town with all roads cut off and no means of contact with the outside.
Source: Video Game / Silent Hill
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