What is the meaning of cutting off?

noun

• The act of cutting something off.
  • synonyms: abscission
• The act of shortening something by chopping off the ends.
  • usage: "the barber gave him a good cut"
  • synonyms: cut, cutting

verb

• Make a break in.
  • usage: "We interrupt the program for the following messages"
  • synonyms: interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off
• Cease, stop.
  • usage: "cut the noise"; "We had to cut short the conversation"
  • synonyms: cut, cut off
• Remove by or as if by cutting.
  • usage: "cut off the ear"; "lop off the dead branch"
  • synonyms: cut off, chop off, lop off
• Cut off and stop.
  • usage: "The bicyclist was cut out by the van"
  • synonyms: cut off, cut out
• Break a small piece off from.
  • usage: "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth"
  • synonyms: chip, knap, cut off, break off
• Remove surgically.
  • usage: "amputate limbs"
  • synonyms: amputate, cut off