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 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 Secure this deal before the signal cuts out! — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026 She is later seen kicking a bag in the direction of Hartman, whom the outlet calls her girlfriend, and appearing to either lunge at or hit the woman before the video cuts out. — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026 Visitors should also download a GPS map for when cell service cuts out. — Owen Clarke, Outside, 16 Mar. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cuts out

Verb

First, when someone dies without a will, their property passes to heirs in accordance with their state’s laws.

— Naomi Cahn, The Conversation, 29 July 2026
The general rule is that when an IRA beneficiary is an entity instead of an individual, the IRA must be distributed fully within five years after the original owner dies.

— Bob Carlson, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of dies

Verb

Sterling that migrates from bank deposits into stablecoin reserves stops funding mortgages and business lending, and a fast-growing coin could pull deposits out of the banking system quicker than banks could adjust.

— Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Staff would be expected to evacuate patients in the event of a major tremor, but the plan stops there, according to Bubenek.

— Andrei Popoviciu, The Dial, 21 July 2026

Definition of stops

Verb

Although Saudi Arabia had diverted some oil from the Strait of Hormuz through its 746-mile Aramco pipeline, that pipe exits into the Red Sea—which has now been blocked by the Houthis at the Strait of Bab al-Mandab.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 24 July 2026
After rain exits this evening hazardous heat returns this weekend.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026

Definition of exits

Verb

Klopp replaces Nagelsmann, who oversaw a disappointing World Cup round-of-32 exit to Paraguay this summer, on a deal to 2030 — running through the 2028 European Championship and the World Cup two years later.

— Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Attalon’s kWIC Disconnect replaces that workflow with a plug-and-play approach.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 July 2026

Definition of replaces

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As the word ceases to mean a ceasing of fire, new terms have been coined.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
This is not only devastating because Aang appears fatally injured, but because if an Avatar dies in the Avatar State, the entire cycle of Avatar reincarnation ceases and the earth’s balance is forever lost.

— Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026

Definition of ceases

Verb

The financing is assembled, the logic of the deal does not decay, and every quarter that resembles the last one moves shareholders toward the bidders' side of the table.

— Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Monsoon storms continue in the Southwest The Southwest will continue to see daily chances for thunderstorms as monsoon moisture moves across the region.

— Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 27 July 2026

Definition of moves

Verb

What happens when the idea of a book supersedes the book itself in the eyes of readers.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
State Attorney’s Office prosecutors originally charged Bradly Shawn Shadduck, 56, with second-degree murder, but the grand jury indictment supersedes that charge, and he is now being held without bond on premeditated murder.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 29 June 2026