This can occur in several ways, including the withdrawal of new corporate investment, withdrawal of available credit from banks, the selling off of operating units, the cutting off of operations, and the reduction of portfolio holdings in firms doing business in the target country.
The cutting off of communications confirmed this.
My sister's voice was cutting off.
For heavy cutting-off operations the circular or cold saw is used extensively in steel plants such as cold-drawing mills or where large quantities of bars and shafts are cut.
The president, as commander in chief, directs the military and Democrats have consistently said they would not take steps like cutting off money for operations in Iraq.
He said, however, that he would not support cutting off financing for the operations.
Through a spokesman, Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the Democratic leader, said he agreed that the alternative ideas of rescinding the war authorization — or cutting off money for combat operations by next spring — merited a review by the full Senate.
Vercingetorix wanted to avoid pitched battles and sieges and to defeat the Romans by cutting off their supplies partly by cavalry operations and partly by "scorched earth but he could not persuade his countrymen to adopt this painful policy wholeheartedly.
Representative Justin Amash, Republican of Michigan, proposed cutting off money for the Libya operation unless lawmakers authorized it.
A political decision to expel Greece could be enforced by the European Central Bank cutting off Greek banks from its liquidity operations and payments system.
Every Friday night, the Nasdaq's operations staff practices cutting off power from both of the substations in Connecticut that supply it, said Steve Randich, the chief information officer.
