What is the meaning of cut short?

verb

• Interrupt before its natural or planned end.
  • usage: "We had to cut short our vacation"
  • synonyms: break short, break off
• Cause to end earlier than intended.
  • usage: "The spontaneous applause cut the singer short"
• Make shorter as if by cutting off.
  • usage: "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"
  • synonyms: truncate
• Terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent.
  • usage: "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"
  • synonyms: clip, curtail