Cut off
Cut off verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
Plug
Plug verb - To close up so that no empty spaces remain.
Both terms in one sentence
- When Shawn Michaels ever needed to cut off Triple H, HBK would "smoothly transition into a shameless plug."
Source: Enforced Plug -
Unwilling to give up, she has her head cut off and attached to a life support system that she can plug into a robot body.
Source: Emergency Transformation - Eventually, Big Boss pulls the plug on him, and the way he fidgets and spasms as his oxygen supply is cut off is downright unsettling.
Source: Alas Poor Villain / Video Games
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