Cutting Back?

[chalstonsc]

I understand plants can be cut back, to 2-3 feet, removing most if not all the foliage, and can then re-grow foliage, flower and produce more fruit. I know this can be done with indeterminates, but I believe I've read somewhere that cutting back determinates will surely kill them. Can anyone confirm if cutting back determinates will kill them, and can anyone tell me if cutting back a semi-determinate is more like cutting back an indeterminate or a determinate?

Thanks.