To Break Off Contact
To Sever, To End
transitive verb, godan verb
たつ
立つ (たつ) To Stand, To Stand Up, To Rise
建つ (たつ) To Be Built
経つ (たつ) To Pass, To Elapse
断つ (たつ) To Cut Off, To Quit Doing Something
絶つ (たつ) To Break Off Contact, To Sever, To End
絶やす (たやす) To Kill Off, To Let Die Out
絶える (たえる) To Die Out, To End, To Be Cut Off
切る (きる) To Cut
斬る (きる) To Cut Down, To Slice Off, To Lop Off
切り取る (きりとる) To Cut Off, To Cut Out, To Clip
絶つ is like Cut, but stronger because the kanji means extinction.