Meanings
Verb (5-dan, つ, transitive)
1. to sever; to cut off
2. to suppress; to eradicate; to exterminate
3. to abstain (from); to give up
Kanji used
be cut off
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
Examples (4 in total)
You should try to conquer your smoking habit.
Communications have been cut off for two hours because of a thunderstorm.
People take electricity for granted until its supply is cut off.
True science teaches us to doubt and to abstain from ignorance.