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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
For example, the Postal Service routinely mothballs sorting machines to cut out excess capacity, USPS officials have said.
The president, for his part, has described many of those critical as “disgruntled former employees” who were not cut out for his administration.
Tech’s coveted internships were some of the first roles to be cut as offices closed and businesses shuttered in response to the coronavirus.
A new app promises to use cutting-edge science and technology to tell you if you’re right.
The company, which employs about 2,800 people, plans to make a one-time payment of $20,000 to those who decide to leave San Francisco, New York, or Seattle, according to Bloomberg—though it also plans to cut their base salaries by as much as 10%.
In this cockamamie get-rich scheme, would they all issue an apology if he cut a check?
My understanding was that according to most Christian beliefs, being trans or gay was a sin, cut and dry.
Crew members had to cut through the ice on the streets to get shots.
In response to the screen quota cut, South Korea established a “cinema tax” on the box office.
Supported by Washington, the domestic quota was cut from 90 days to 30.
If the "Y" Beach lot press their advantage they may cut off the enemy troops on the toe of the Peninsula.
At the reserve bank they may borrow as a standing right and not as a favor which may be cut off.
It occurred to him then, for the first time, that a third resource was open—he might cut the rope, and let the kite go free!
My thought was to keep pushing in troops from "W" Beach until the enemy had fallen back to save themselves from being cut off.
Levison's relations think he will cut up well at his death; Levison's relations are right.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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