abend vs cut short

abend

verb
  • To terminate abnormally. 

noun
  • The abnormal termination of a program. 

  • Termination of a process prior to completion. 

cut short

verb
  • To interrupt or curtail before the planned end time. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, short. 

  • To cut someone short, to stop someone from finishing what they are saying. 

How often have the words abend and cut short occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )