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make a break in;
"We interrupt the program for the following messages"
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cease, stop;
"cut the noise"
"We had to cut short the conversation"
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remove by or as if by cutting;
"cut off the ear"
"lop off the dead branch"
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cut off and stop;
"The bicyclist was cut out by the van"
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break a small piece off from;
"chip the glass"
"chip a tooth"
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remove surgically;
"amputate limbs"