1. Interrupt before its natural or planned end
   "We had to cut short our vacation";
   - break short, break off
    
2. Cause to end earlier than intended
   "The storm cut short our beach vacation"
    
3. Terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
   "My speech was cut short";
   - clip, curtail
    
4. Make shorter as if by cutting off
   "cut short a word";
   - truncate

Derived forms: cuts short, cutting short, cut short

Type of: break, disrupt, interrupt, shorten