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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove a limb |
| Synonyms: | cut away, cut off, dismember, eliminate, excise, lop, separate, sever, truncate |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | dismember |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut into pieces |
| Synonyms: | amputate, anatomize, cripple, disassemble, disjoint, dislimb, dislocate, dismantle, dismount, dissect, divide, maim, mutilate, part, rend, sever, sunder, take down |
| Antonyms: | join |
| Main Entry: | excise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove, delete |
| Synonyms: | X out, amputate, black out, blot out, blue pencil, cross out, cut, cut off, cut out, cut up, destroy, edit, elide, eradicate, erase, expunge, exscind, exsect, exterminate, extirpate, extract, gut, knock off, launder, lop off, resect, scissor out, scratch out, slash, stamp out, strike, trim, wipe out |
| Antonyms: | add, put in |
| Main Entry: | lessen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lower, reduce |
| Synonyms: | abate, abridge, amputate, attenuate, become smaller, clip, close, contract, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, de-escalate, decline, decrease, degrade, die down, dilute, diminish, downsize, drain, dwindle, ease, erode, grow less, impair, lighten, minify, minimize, mitigate, moderate, narrow, roll back, shrink, slack up, slacken, slow down, soft-pedal, take the bite out, take the edge off, take the sting out, taper, taper off, thin, truncate, weaken, wind down |
| Notes: | lessen means to decrease in size, extent, or range, while a lesson is a unit of instruction |
| Antonyms: | enlarge, extend, increase, raise, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | mutilate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | maim, damage |
| Synonyms: | adulterate, amputate, batter, bowdlerize, butcher, cripple, crush, cut to pieces, cut up, deface, disable, disfigure, dismember, distort, expurgate, hack*, hash up, hurt, injure, lacerate, lame, mangle, mar, mess up*, ravage, scratch, spoil, weaken |
| Antonyms: | fix, mend, repair |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | operate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perform surgery |
| Synonyms: | amputate, carve up, cut, excise, explore, open up, remove, set, transplant, treat |
| Main Entry: | remove |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lift or move object; take off, away |
| Synonyms: | abolish, abstract, amputate, carry away, carry off, cart off, clear away, cut out, delete, depose, detach, dethrone, dig out, discard, discharge, dislodge, dismiss, displace, disturb, do away with, doff, efface, eject, eliminate, erase, evacuate, expel, expunge, extract, get rid of, junk*, oust, pull out, purge, raise, relegate, rip out, separate, shed, ship, skim, strike out, take down, take out, tear out, throw out, transfer, transport, unload, unseat, uproot, wipe out, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | fix, place, remain, stay |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | top |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove the upper part |
| Synonyms: | amputate, cream, crop, curtail, cut off, decapitate, detruncate, dock, file off, lop off, pare, pollard, prune, ream, scrape off, shave off, shear, shorten, skim, trim, truncate |
| Antonyms: | add, replace |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | top |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun, verb |
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