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as in ripped
to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)
the shard of glass sliced my hand, and I started bleeding profusely
Synonyms & Similar Words
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sliced
Verb
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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
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But the Hawks’ present-day problems ripped them right back into the here and now.—
Phil Thompson,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Jan. 2025
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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
Verb
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The two funds still split 42% of the stock, with a current market value of $650 million.—
Matt Schifrin,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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But this incident certainly isn't the first time that split rumors have haunted the Biebers.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
20 Feb. 2025
Verb
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In another incident that month, a train conductor was slashed in the neck.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
23 Dec. 2024
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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
Verb
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Today, Meaghan Garvey offers an ontological bonus cut from her time in Sweden with King Nothingg.—
Meaghan Garvey,
Pitchfork,
27 Feb. 2025
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Another option for cutting expenses would be to shift more Medicaid costs to the states, which would also be a de facto cut in services, since states, even California, likely couldn’t afford to keep the plan as-is without that federal money.—
Anita Chabria,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Authorities said Ford first attacked Gregory, shooting him with a rifle, beating him and slitting his throat.—
Nicole Acosta,
People.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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Police believe Ford first attacked Gregory, shooting him in the back of the head, bludgeoning him and slitting his throat.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
Verb
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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
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Bake in preheated oven until squash is tender when pierced with a fork, 20 to 25 minutes.—
Sabrina Weiss,
People.com,
26 Dec. 2024
Verb
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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
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Hernandez-Velasco, 32, was rushed to Stamford Hospital after he was stabbed at a party, cops said.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
23 Dec. 2024
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“Sliced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sliced. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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