cut short

So Langley decided to cut short the tour of the then-CIA station chief in Bangkok and bring him in to head up the show.

Each one of the dead buried here had their own plans, their own dreams --but their lives were cut short.

But the conversation was cut short when the man on the other end of the line had to run to the shelter.

A further experiment to plant elm trees beyond center field was mercifully cut short.

Alex Minsky's career as a marine was cut short when he lost his leg to a roadside bomb in Afghanistan.

That is, the number of them cut short, and reduced to few, shall flourish in abundance of justice.

The conversation was here cut short by the bursting on their ears of a sudden noise at some distance.

On the plea that they must hasten if the midday heat were to be avoided, they cut short the halt to less than an hour.

The furor it created was cut short by a fire, which destroyed the organ and damaged the tower of the church.

More than once the young officer would have cut short the recital, but this Havelock would not permit.