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noun as in incision
noun as in reduction, diminution
noun as in portion of profit
noun as in style, shape of clothing
Strong matches
configuration, construction, fashion, figure, form, look, mode
noun as in insult
Weak match
verb as in sever, chop with sharp instrument; incise
Strong matches
amputate, behead, bisect, bite, chine, chip, chisel, cleave, clip, crop, curtail, dice, dispatch, dissect, dissever, facet, fell, flitch, gash, guillotine, hack, hash, hew, intersect, lacerate, level, lop, massacre, mince, mow, nick, notch, part, penetrate, perforate, pierce, prune, puncture, quarter, rabbet, raze, reap, rend, rive, saber, saw, scarify, scissor, score, scythe, separate, shave, shear, sickle, slaughter, slay, slit, sliver, snip
Example Sentences
Last year, Bowman was an opponent of lowering rates for fear of locking in high inflation, as she dissented from the Fed’s cut of 50 basis points that occurred in September 2024.
The Fed cut short-term rates by a quarter of a percentage point last month to 4% to 4.25%, and the market expects it to cut twice more this year.
Davenport and some other economists argue the labor market and the Canadian economy remain weak enough for the Bank of Canada to justify another quarter-percentage-point cut in interest rates Oct.
One of the advantages of prime editing is that it doesn't require making a double-stranded cut in the target DNA.
“Boots” depicts what that looks like, including in a scene when a sergeant punches one young man hard enough to send him to the infirmary, simply for cutting his eyes at him.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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