Thesaurus / scissor
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- carve
- curtail
- divide
- rip
- shave
- slash
- slice
- amputate
- behead
- bisect
- bite
- chine
- chip
- chisel
- cleave
- clip
- crop
- decussate
- 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
- score
- scythe
- separate
- shear
- sickle
- skive
- slaughter
- slay
- slit
- sliver
- snip
- lay open
- mow down
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When your opponent played paper or scissors, you should play scissors.
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"Prob'ly some old scissor bills that got a notion of hangin' on to their land," Scattergood said.
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You know I talked of buying a gold scissor-sheath for Laura, but I think a leather one will do just as well.
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The old soldier ambled up the village street, all shadowy in the dawn, on a gaunt, scissor-hocked pony.
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WORDS RELATED TO SCISSOR
- amputate
- behead
- bisect
- bite
- carve
- chine
- chip
- chisel
- cleave
- clip
- crop
- curtail
- decussate
- dice
- dispatch
- dissect
- dissever
- divide
- facet
- fell
- flitch
- gash
- guillotine
- hack
- hash
- hew
- intersect
- lacerate
- lay open
- level
- lop
- massacre
- mince
- mow
- mow down
- nick
- notch
- part
- penetrate
- perforate
- pierce
- prune
- puncture
- quarter
- rabbet
- raze
- reap
- rend
- rip
- rive
- saber
- saw
- scarify
- scissor
- score
- scythe
- separate
- shave
- shear
- sickle
- skive
- slash
- slaughter
- slay
- slice
- slit
- sliver
- snip
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.