CUT OUT Synonyms: 268 Similar and Opposite Words

cut out 1 of 2

verb

Definition of cut out

as in to die

to stop functioning the engine abruptly cut out

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start (up)

as in to stop

to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end now cut that out, or I'm turning this car around!

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as in to depart

to leave a place often for another after a few minutes of their brainless conversation I was ready to cut out

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as in to replace

to take the place of this ambitious new friend of hers seems to be cutting out people that she's known for years

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cut out

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adjective

as in capable

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Recent Examples of cut out

Verb

As Wyatt Meyer slid to cut out a pass that put Seattle’s Cristian Roldan in on goal, goalkeeper Stefan Cleveland came out to cover a potential errant touch. — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2026 Tishman Speyer has bought the Chrysler Building, reports the New York Times today, and the company’s work is cut out for it. — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 7 Oct. 2026 The specialists also restored the painting’s linden wood frame by cutting out over 100 missing fragments from it and covering it with gold leaf. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 6 Oct. 2026 Light red or blond, the strand was stuck in glue that Jefferson had used to piece together this Bible from text cut out of other books. — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cut out

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cut out

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Composer Ghulam Mohammed died in 1968 after writing the songs, leaving Naushad to complete the background score.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
Ryder’s Law was reintroduced this year after another carriage horse collapsed and died in Central Park, and in a separate incident, tourist Romanch Mahajan, 18, died after falling off a carriage after the operator lost control.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of die

Verb

That has left many companies unable to stop the theft of American IP and made investment riskier.

— Andrei Iancu, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
Project Nessie was intended to stop retail price-matching practices from creating unsustainably low prices, the e-commerce giant said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of stop

Verb

Strategy briefly departed from that stance earlier this year, however, selling Bitcoin on four separate occasions during a bear market that pushed the cryptocurrency’s price as low as $58,000 in June.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026
Guest and Crystal both departed SNL after the conclusion of season 10.

— Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of depart

Adjective

But this is an entirely different 5-0, as the Chiefs are now powered by a highly efficient offense and a capable defense.

— Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026
No one is ignoring that on the other side, Saints quarterback Tyler Shough is capable of undressing the Giants’ secondary if New York’s pass rush doesn’t get home.

— Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of capable

Verb

Since then, multiple efforts to phase out or ban horse carriages have failed.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026
The exchange of threats comes as Saudi Arabia investigates why its air defenses failed to intercept a barrage of missiles and drones fired by the Houthis.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of fail

Verb

And Gartner estimates that 80% of neocloud providers will cease independent operations by 2030 because their revenues won’t cover their outgoings.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Research firm Gartner published a report on Wednesday forecasting that over 80% of neocloud providers will cease operations by 2030, due to costs and lack of a unique business model.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of cease

Verb

Alme will still likely win based on the latest polling, but the margin could have been closer if Bankhead exited the race.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 13 Oct. 2026
Yamamoto exited after giving up three runs and four hits in the shortest start of his career.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026