Cut life short

Synonyms for "cut life short" (15 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

Verb(3 words)
curtailed life pathdie earlydie prematurely

Strong matches (5)

Verb(5 words)
early deathend lifefatalkilllethal

Related words (7)

Verb(7 words)
life-endinglost potentialpass away earlyperish earlypremature deathtake lifeuntimely death

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

5 entries
deathdescriptive adjectivedieend of lifequalifying term

More specific

8 entries
accidental deathearly deathillness deathlife-endinglife-shortenedmurderpremature deathsudden death

Collocations

15 entries
accidental deathbrief lifeearly deathlife-shortened lifespanlife-shortening diseaselife-shortening druglife-shortening effectlife-shortening exposurelife-shortening illnesspremature deathpreventable deathshortened lifeshortened lifespansudden deathuntimely death

Inflections

5 entries
cuts life shortcutting life shortlives cut shortmore life-shorteningmost life-shortening

Derivations

7 entries
cutcutscuttinglife shorteninglife-shortenedshorten lifeshortened life