cut off vs primal

cut off

verb
  • To isolate or remove from contact. 

  • To remove via cutting. 

  • To turn off or switch off (an electrical device). 

  • (North American) swerve in front of (another car) while driving; cut [someone] up 

  • To interrupt (someone speaking). 

  • To end abruptly. 

  • To stop providing funds to (someone). 

  • To stop the provision or supply of something, e.g. power, water. 

primal

verb
  • To take part in primal therapy. 

adj
  • Being the first in time or in history. 

  • Of greatest importance; primary. 

  • Being one of the pieces of meat initially separated from the carcass during butchering, prior to division into smaller cuts. 

noun
  • A primal cut (of meat). 

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