Cut_off vs Seize - What's the difference?
cut_off | seize | Related terms |
To remove via cutting.
To isolate or remove from contact.
* 1956 — , The City and the Stars , p 37
To stop providing funds to someone.
To end abruptly.
(idiomatic) To interrupt (someone speaking).
(idiomatic, drive) To swerve in front of (another car).
(cut off)
fuse.
to deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture
to take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance)
to take possession of (by force, law etc.)
to have a sudden and powerful effect upon
(nautical) to bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line
(obsolete) to fasten, fix
to lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on or upon)
to have a seizure
* 2012 , Daniel M. Avery, Tales of a Country Obstetrician
to bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up
(UK) to submit for consideration to a deliberative body.
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Cut_off is a related term of seize.
As verbs the difference between cut_off and seize
is that cut_off is to remove via cutting while seize is to deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.As a noun cut_off
is fuse.cut_off
English
Verb
- The entranced spectator was cut off from reality as long as the adventure lasted; it was as if he lived a dream yet believed he was awake.
- His parents cut''' him '''off to encourage him to find a job.
- My phone call was cut off before I could get the information.
- That dingbat cut''' me '''off as I was about to conclude my theses.
Noun
- A thermal cut-off .
Anagrams
* English phrasal verbsseize
English
Verb
(seiz)- to seize smuggled goods
- to seize a ship after libeling
- a panic seized the crowd
- a fever seized him
- to seize two fish-hooks back to back
- to seize or stop one rope on to another
- to seize on the neck of a horse
- The text which had seized upon his heart with such comfort and strength abode upon him for more than a year.'' (''Southey , Bunyan, p. 21)
- Nearing what she thought was a climax, he started seizing and fell off her. Later, realizing he was dead, she became alarmed and dragged the body to his vehicle to make it look like he had died in his truck.
- Rust caused the engine to seize , never to run again.
