hacksaw

verb

Definition of hacksawnext
as in to crosscut

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hacksaw
  1. crosscut
  2. slit
  3. slash
  4. slice
  5. split
  6. scissor
  7. shear
  8. cut
Verb
  • The story crosscut feverishly between the two, giving rise to a ticklishly clever chicken-or-egg conundrum: Was Riley being manipulated, like a puppet, by her confused and unruly emotions?
    Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
  • Clamp these pieces together edge-to-edge, and crosscut them again with the track saw to produce two 8-inch pieces that form the ends of the box and two 24 inch pieces that form the top and the bottom panels.
    Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 5 Jan. 2023
Definition of crosscut
Verb
  • But then her dead grandmother, Dorotea, crashes the supernatural party to exact revenge on Valya, for compelling her via The Voice to slit her throat decades prior.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Early on, it was revealed that Father Charlie Mayhew (Nicholas Alexander Chavez) was in fact, the killer and Lois (Niecy Nash) had slit his throat to save herself.
    Emily Longeretta, Variety, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of slit
Verb
  • The takeaway is clear: AI is a powerful productivity tool with the potential to slash workloads in half, but only with a solid game plan.
    Aytekin Tank, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Tech billionaire Elon Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy have laid out plans to slash government spending with the new department including mass firings of federal workers.
    Rachel Barber, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of slash
Verb
  • But once they're sliced, bacteria have a chance to multiply.
    Allison Aubrey, NPR, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The accompanying dispenser easily slices through tape to create clean lines without fuss, and a high volume of positive shopper ratings have earned this tape an impressive 4.3-star rating.
    Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of slice
Verb
  • One open question is whether or not Netflix is going to split season 2 of Wednesday in half the way it’s done with later seasons of so many other popular shows from Stranger Things to Bridgerton to You, as of late.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Legal challenges mounted by transgender youths, their families and medical providers have been met with mixed results, and federal appeals courts have split over whether the bans are constitutional.
    Brooke Migdon, The Hill, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of split
Verb
  • Sizzle highlighted above, there are a lot of assumptions around who can scissor.
    Adejoke Mason, Them, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Stafford twisted free of an unblocked defender rushing up the middle, ducked under a second would-be tackler, then scissored his legs like a high-stepping Houdini an instant before finding the star receiver with a seven-yard scoring pass.
    Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of scissor
Verb
  • Scientists predict that Triton might one day wander too close and end up becoming gravitationally sheared into fragments.
    Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Just in the last month, Nicola Peltz-Beckham (sporting a chop reminiscent of her mother-in-law's iconic Posh Spice chop), Selena Gomez, and Beyoncé have sheared up and joined the short hair club.
    Konstanze Popp, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of shear
Verb
  • The Fed ultimately voted to begin cutting rates in September and again opted to lower rates at its November meeting, just days after the election.
    Julia Shapero, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Macy’s — Shares shed less than 1% after the department store chain cut its fiscal-year forecast .
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of cut
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