sliced

verb

Definition of slicednext
past tense of slice
1
as in chopped
to cut into long slender pieces slice the carrot into tiny strips

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2
as in ripped
to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife) the shard of glass sliced my hand, and I started bleeding profusely

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sliced
  1. chopped
  2. ripped
  3. split
  4. slashed
  5. cut
  6. slit
  7. pierced
  8. stabbed
Verb
  • After all, a double-digit yield isn’t much good if it is soon chopped to single digits.
    Brett Owens, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
  • In the intervening decades, though, the surviving members have seen their statement get chopped and screwed into morsels, divorced from its context.
    Jazmine Hughes, Them, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of chopped
Verb
  • But the Hawks’ present-day problems ripped them right back into the here and now.
    Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Milton’s hurricane-force winds ripped trees from already soggy soils, but its historic rain also flooded neighborhoods that had never experienced waters so high.
    Jack Prator, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of ripped
Verb
  • Finley split pinon kindling burns in fire pits across the property.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Since then, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have dramatically split from the royal family and have pursued their own ventures in America, including filming a headline-grabbing Netflix access series.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of split
Verb
  • In another incident that month, a train conductor was slashed in the neck.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • So much so that movement speeds of loads (up or down) were slashed by 85% compared to common-or-garden backpacks.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of slashed
Verb
  • Likewise, a surprise 25 basis point rate cut by the BOK at its November meeting, enacted before Yoon declared martial law in December, could have cushioned the blow.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The European Central Bank, for example, is expected to cut rates further in 2025, especially in light of trade risks and global instability.
    Sofia Celeste, WWD, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of cut
Verb
  • The Massachusetts mom accused of killing her three young children before slitting her wrists and jumping out of a second-story window in an attempt to take her own life is planning to seek an insanity defense, court records show.
    KC Baker, People.com, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The garlic and coriander mustn’t burn, the broth mustn’t boil, and the ladle should slit through a body that is just silky enough.
    Kristina Kasparian, Longreads, 12 Nov. 2024
Definition of slit
Verb
  • On May 5, 1962, sea ice pierced the Quest’s hull, consigning it to a watery grave off the northeast coast of Canada.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Bake in preheated oven until squash is tender when pierced with a fork, 20 to 25 minutes.
    Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of pierced
Verb
  • Two people were stabbed at a transit station in Queens, with one of them dying, and a woman was set on fire and died on a subway car in Brooklyn.
    Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Both women appeared to have been stabbed multiple times, authorities said and the local medical examiner’s office confirmed, per FOX 11, WSAZ and MetroNews.
    Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of stabbed
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