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sickle
noun as in crescent
noun as in knife
verb as in cut
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
- slaughter
- slay
- slit
- sliver
- snip
Example Sentences
He said the peeling knife was his late grandmother's, the sickle had been purchased a decade ago and the trowel, which has a short blade and wooden handle, was a present.
Once on the island they tear down a swastika and replace it with the hammer and sickle of the Soviet Union.
The most obvious way that a pair of blood-related parents might increase health risks for a child is through a recessive disorder, like cystic fibrosis or sickle cell disease.
This results in red blood cells becoming sickle in shape and stiff and sticky - rather than flexible smooth discs.
In a large hall Mr Syrankov addresses a small audience, flanked by his party's emblem, the hammer and sickle.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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