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snip

verb as in clip

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verb as in cut

Strongest matches

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While it has been directed with careful attention to shaping its emotional arc by Tim Jackson, “Two Strangers” might have amplified its charms with a few snips of the scissors.

“It rather puts me in mind of Dr. Westminster and his dancing chickens,” Penelope thought as she snipped a loose thread with her teeth.

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They snipped and chopped in time to the music.

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Instead of trying to pick though New Zealand's defence, he twice dropped into the pocket and landed smart drop-goals inside three minutes, snipping the lead to a single point by the break.

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Calder, the top flight's chief growth officer, is the man snipping the competition's name to simply 'the Prem' for next season.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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