CUTS (OUT) Synonyms: 184 Similar and Opposite Words

cuts out

verb

present tense third-person singular of cut out

as in dies

to stop functioning the engine abruptly cut out

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starts (up)

as in stops

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 exits

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 replaces

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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Recent Examples of cuts out If power to the facility cuts out, the physics of liquid metal provides passive cooling. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026 Others are keeping data analog longer, since early digitization is expensive and skipping it for certain operations cuts out a major power drain. — David Schie, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 While the district has made hefty budget cuts in the last year to slash its looming deficit, Oakland Unified Superintendent Denise Saddler said officials have been able to keep most of the cuts out of the classroom. — Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026 The video footage, taken from a vehicle, doesn’t show the head technique and cuts out after a minute. — Alex Brizee july 17, Idaho Statesman, 17 July 2026 Nolan does away with the frame and cuts out the Phaeacians, but the film’s adventure episodes remain largely faithful to the poem. — Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 16 July 2026 Quince’s business model cuts out traditional middlemen like distributors to offer these high-quality materials like cashmere and silk at budget-friendly, low prices. — Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 29 May 2026 Clavicular is then removed from the frame before the stream abruptly cuts out. — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 15 Apr. 2026 But after the price of oil surged with the advent of the Iran war, roiling expectations for inflation, the markets began pricing those cuts out, with some investors even bracing for the possibility of rate hikes this year. — Hugh Son, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2026

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The armed immigration agent then shoots Melanie in response, and his partner subsequently dies.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2026
And then imagine what happened when early August came and then Elvis (Presley) dies.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of dies

Verb

The Miami Dolphins aren’t going to beat an opponent this season until South Florida’s NFL franchise stops beating itself.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2026
What’s even more interesting is that the pattern persists above the temperature where uranium ditelluride stops being superconducting.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of stops

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The museum now has up to six entrances and exits that visitors can come in and out of to curate their own journey.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
The Phillies’ 2022 World Series loss to the Houston Astros began a streak of five straight postseason appearances with progressively quicker exits — the NL Championship Series, two NLDS exits and now the wild-card loss.

— Charles Odum, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of exits

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These days the technology for a central rear-view camera that replaces the mirror is proven and robust, happily.

— Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 7 Oct. 2026
The new restaurant replaces the former Dutch’s Burrito Bar space on South University Drive.

— Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of replaces

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Riley was a direct inspiration on the record, and while the Bay Area composer did work with drones, his influence is more poignant here, in the way Schwendener breaks the melody down into pieces and moves them around.

— Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2026
Bits per second is commonly used in BCI research to quantify how quickly and accurately a user can select intended targets, rather than simply measuring how fast a cursor physically moves.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of moves

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Nexalin Technology — Shares plunged 26% after the medical device company agreed to a 10-year distribution and manufacturing deal with Inovanexa Medical Technologies that supersedes a prior letter of intent from February.

— Scott Schnipper, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
But nothing supersedes living in one of the architect’s creations.

— Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 29 Sep. 2026