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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
By flooding the peat soils in parts of Cambridgeshire, greenhouse gases could stay locked in the wet soil, cutting off that source of greenhouse gas emissions.
Homegrown hacks - tea bags in shoes, sprinkling baking soda, spraying deodorant - weren't cutting it.
Ellison has also said he is looking to make $2bn in cuts at Paramount.
Facing extortion charges, Rocha had secretly cut a deal for a reduced sentence.
“They’re cutting everything. So it’s going to be like back to the 1930s or before, when there wasn’t anything for anybody.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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