cut short

Abbreviate, stop abruptly, as in The thunderstorm cut short our picnic, or She cut her short, saying she'd already heard the story of their breakup. Shakespeare used this term to mean "put a sudden end to someone's life": "Rather than bloody war shall cut them short" (2 Henry VI, 4:4), a less common usage today. The broader usage dates from the mid-1600s.

Definition: bring to an end; leave unfinished
Antonyms: continue, lengthen, prolong

The verb has 5 meanings:

Meaning #1: interrupt before its natural or planned end
  Synonyms: break short, break off

Meaning #2: cause to end earlier than intended

Meaning #3: as of hair
  Synonym: crop

Meaning #4: make shorter as if by cutting off
  Synonym: truncate

Meaning #5: terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
  Synonyms: clip, curtail