The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ABORTING which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1971.
Cutting short crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ABORTING | 100 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Cutting short
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- cut short
- cutting off
- cutting out
- shortening
- truncating
- cut down
- cut off
- shortened
- cut away
- short cut
- terminating
- shortness
Crossword Answer definitions
ABORTING verb- (now rare outside medicine) To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely.
- To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term.
- To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back.
- To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages.
- To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to cease organic growth before maturation; to become sterile.
- To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation.
- To abandon a mission at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion.
- To terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket; to destroy a missile or rocket prematurely.
- To terminate a process prior to completion.
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