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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut |
| Synonyms: | carve, chop, gash, hack, incise, injure, lacerate, open up, pierce, rend, rip, score, sever, slice, slit, wound |
| Antonyms: | fix, mend, sew |
| Main Entry: | split |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | divide into parts |
| Synonyms: | allocate, allot, apportion, carve up, distribute, divide, divvy, divvy up, dole, go even-steven, go fifty-fifty, halve, mete out, parcel out, partition, share, slice, slice the pie, slice up |
| Antonyms: | combine, join |
| Main Entry: | stab |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | puncture, pierce with sharp, pointed object |
| Synonyms: | bayonet, brand, carve, chop, cleave, clip, cut, drive, gore, hit, hurt, injure, jab, jag, knife, open up, penetrate, pierce, plow, plunge, prick, prong, punch, ram, run through, saber, shank, sink, slice, spear, stick, thrust, transfix, wound |
| Main Entry: | sunder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | separate, sever |
| Synonyms: | break, break apart, break off, come apart, cut in two, detach, disconnect, disjoin, divide, part, rend, slice, split, split up, uncouple, undo, wedge apart |
| Main Entry: | wound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause bodily damage |
| Synonyms: | bruise, carve, clip, contuse, cut, damage, ding, gash, harm, hit, hurt, injure, irritate, lacerate, nick, open up, ouch, pierce, rough up, scrape, scratch, slash, slice, stick, total* |
| Antonyms: | aid, cure, heal, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | snip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clip |
| Synonyms: | cut, nip, slice |
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| Concept: | [Vicarious authority.] Commission. |
| Synonyms: |
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commission, delegate, depute; consign, assign; charge; intrust, entrust; commit, commit to the hands of; authorize (permit)., put in commission, accredit, engage, hire, bespeak, appoint, name, nominate, return, ordain; install, induct, inaugurate, invest, crown; enroll, enlist; give power of attorney to., employ, empower; set over, place over; send out., be commissioned, be accredited; represent, stand for; stand in the stead of, stand in the place of, stand in the shoes of.
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| Concept: | Part. |
| Category: | 4. CONCRETE QUANTITY |
| Synonyms: | |
| Antonyms: | whole |
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