scissored

verb

Definition of scissorednext
past tense of scissor
as in sawed

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  1. slit
  2. slashed
  3. ripped
  4. split
  5. crosscut
  6. stabbed
Verb
  • Charging documents obtained by KIRO, Fox 13 and the Kitsap Sun allege that the 23-year-old suspect called 911 and claimed his brother had slit his own throat.
    Liam Quinn, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Tasteful slits on either side of this sweater allow for the piece to have natural movement, while loose sleeves provide an effortlessly cool finish to the neutral staple.
    Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2024
Definition of slit
Verb
  • Similarly, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has slashed funding for DEI and made great strides in promoting academic freedom.
    The Editors, National Review, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The company slashed about 21,000 jobs and rebuilt its advertising systems with the help of new advancements in artificial intelligence.
    Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of slashed
Verb
  • The young quarterback ripped a pretty deep ball through the afternoon’s unpredictable winds.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 10 Dec. 2024
  • There’s a lot to love on the full list, including some projects that feel ripped from the headlines.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of ripped
Verb
  • The responses were also split along party lines, with a fair amount of Democrats finding the killing acceptable compared to very few Republicans and independents.
    Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The two teams split in the regular season last year, but Conard beat Glastonbury in the CCC quarterfinals.
    Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of split
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
  • After his arrest in 1985, he was convicted of 13 murders, with his victims having been bludgeoned with hammers, stabbed or shot.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Police are still searching for three suspects after a 17-year-old migrant was fatally stabbed in New York City last week.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of stabbed
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