Cut off
Cut off verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
Usage example: the majority party cut off debate and forced a vote on the bill
End
End verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
Usage example: unfortunately, an argument ended their date, and they're still not speaking to each other
Both terms in one sentence
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It's common for the game to cut off and end earlier.
Source: Video Game / Neptunia -
That creepy synthy "Ohhhhhhh" at the end of "New Born," which is literally cut off at the very end.
Source: Music / Muse -
When Clementine's friend Margaret gets glue on her hair, she has Clementine give her a haircut, using plastic art scissors, only for most of it to end up getting cut off.
Source: Literature / Clémentine
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