verbs
interrupt before its natural or planned end
"We had to cut short our vacation"
cause to end earlier than intended
"The spontaneous applause cut the singer short"
is a type of (narrower)
interfere in someone else's activity
"Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone"
make shorter as if by cutting off
"truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"
terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
"My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"