cut short

Beijing is gripped by the conviction that a failure to keep pace in AI will make it easier for the U.S. to cut short China’s resurgence as a global power.

His return a month later was cut short, too, when his oblique began bothering him during a batting practice session in August.

On the other hand, you also run the risk of having your life cut short by violent means if you don’t at least try to placate both parties.

A parliamentary colleague complained he was "pushy" on the climate, and his big ambitions as minister were cut short when Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine sent energy prices soaring.

That guy was cut short, and there was a huge career ahead of him.