Antonyms for cutoff

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kuht-awf, -of

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkʌtˌɔf, -ˌɒf

Definition of cutoff

Origin : 1640s, "act of cutting off," also "portion cut off," from verbal phrase cut off (late 14c.). Of rivers, from 1773; of roads, from 1806; of clothing (adj.), from 1840.

As in interim : noun interval
As in interruption : noun break; interference
As in pause : noun wait, delay
As in recess : noun break, interval in action
As in rest : noun inactivity
As in stop : noun end, halt; impediment
As in stoppage : noun halt, curtailment
As in suspension : noun delay
As in termination : noun end
As in break : noun interruption of activity
As in death warrant : noun legal order to execute someone
As in cessation : noun ending
As in cut-off : noun stop
As in discontinuation : noun stop
As in discontinuity : noun stop
As in tie-up : noun stoppage
As in deadline : noun due date
As in halt : noun end, stoppage

Example sentences :

I mean to cutoff all connection with the past; and she belongs to it.
Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever

Bellamy was still stammering sheepishly when Lucinda cutoff.
Extract from : « Linda Lee, Incorporated » by Louis Joseph Vance

Ishie groaned, depressed the cutoff switch and turned to Mike.
Extract from : « Where I Wasn't Going » by Walt Richmond

Position diagram of cylinder with cutoff at 1/8, ¼, 3/8 and ½ stroke of piston with movable valves, on card 7½ in.
Extract from : « A Practical Handbook on the Distillation of Alcohol from Farm Products » by F. B. Wright

Three-quarters of a mile from the ford we found the place to make the cutoff and there halted awhile.
Extract from : « William Clayton's Journal » by William Clayton

Both these sources of supply were cutoff by the war, and the country was thrown upon its own slender manufacturing resources.
Extract from : « Andersonville, Volume 1 » by John McElroy

His line led him across a trail to Old Nick's Cutoff, and there he scrutinised the ground.
Extract from : « The Red River Half-Breed » by Gustave Aimard

I am not thinking in terms that you thought about him on that day, but I am trying to fix a cutoff period.
Extract from : « Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

But Ross refused to accept the cutoff this time, determined to pull Ashe back into the familiar world of the here and now.
Extract from : « Key Out of Time » by Andre Alice Norton

I saw him coming kind of toward me around that cutoff through there, and he never did look at me.
Extract from : « Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

Synonyms for cutoff

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