scissored

verb

Definition of scissorednext
past tense of scissor
as in sawed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scissored
  1. slit
  2. slashed
  3. ripped
  4. split
  5. crosscut
  6. stabbed
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
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  • 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
  • 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
  • The young quarterback ripped a pretty deep ball through the afternoon’s unpredictable winds.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of ripped
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
  • Upon hearing that the movie was split into two parts, many fans of the original play were confused.
    Samantha Neely, Detroit Free Press, 3 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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