Related Words for cut and thrust

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thrust
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Noun, Noun
works
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Noun
hatchet job
/x/
Phrase, Noun
deep cut
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Phrase, Noun
bite
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Noun
pass
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Noun
scrape
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Noun
steam
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Noun
burn
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Noun
push
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Noun
gotcha
/x
Noun
uphill battle
///x
Phrase, Noun
douse
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Verb
fist
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Noun
cross
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Noun
parting shot
/x/
Phrase, Noun
grind
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Noun
fuse
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Noun
tough love
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Phrase, Noun, Verb
dance
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Noun
full speed ahead
//x/
Phrase, Noun, Adverb, Adjective
short shrift
//
Phrase, Noun
heavy artillery
/xx/xx
Phrase, Noun
bomb
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Noun
race against time
/x//
Phrase, Noun
stake
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Noun
plunge
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Noun
blast
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Noun
impact
x/
Noun
killer instinct
/xxx
Phrase, Noun
beat
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Noun
issue
/x
Noun
sucker punch
/x/
Phrase, Noun, Verb
fork
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Noun
grasp
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Noun
stroke
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Noun
whack
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Noun
beat up
/x
Phrase, Verb, Adjective, Noun
barroom brawl
/x/
Phrase, Noun
chop
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Noun
torture
/x
Noun
shotgun
/x
Noun
hot water
//x
Phrase, Noun
shift
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Noun
crash course
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Phrase, Noun
stab
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Noun
angle of attack
/x/x/
Phrase, Noun
spit and polish
///x
Phrase, Noun
fade
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Noun
seeing to
/x/
Phrase, Noun
tilt
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Noun
heavy lifting
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
dead set
//
Phrase, Noun, Adjective
fast lane
//
Phrase, Noun
throw
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Verb
big talk
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Name, Name
scalp
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Noun
hack
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Noun
expression
x/x
Noun
straw bed
//
Phrase, Noun
yield
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Noun
knock
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Noun
cough
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Noun
deep dive
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
shave
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Verb
ax to grind
///
Phrase, Noun
squeeze
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Noun
glove
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Noun
bone to pick
///
Phrase, Noun
law of the jungle
//x/x
Phrase, Noun
guilt trip
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Phrase, Noun
fling
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Noun
bonfire
/xx
Noun
toss
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Noun
nuclear option
/xx/x
Name, Name
gage
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Noun
play on words
///
Phrase, Noun
fire hose
/x/
Phrase, Noun
abate
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Verb, Noun
abatement
x/x
Noun
abbreviate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective, Noun
abolished
x/x
Verb
above
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun
abridge
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Verb, Noun
ac
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Noun, Adjective, Adverb
acceleration
xxx/x
Noun
accent
x/
Noun, Verb
acceptable
x/xx
Adjective
action
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
adjourned
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Adjective
adjournment
x/x
Noun
advanced
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Adjective
aim
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Noun, Verb
alienated
/xxxx
Adjective
alleviate
x/xx
Verb
allowable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
ambition
x/x
Noun, Verb
amputated
/xxx
Adjective
approach
x/
Noun, Verb
arrest
x/
Noun, Verb
arrow
/x
Noun, Verb
aspect
/x
Noun, Verb
attack
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
austerity
x/xx
Noun
axe
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Noun, Verb
axial
/xx
Adjective, Noun
axle
/x
Noun
band
/
Noun, Verb
beaker
/x
Noun
bed
/
Noun, Verb
beheaded
x/x
Adjective
bend
/
Noun, Verb
bevel
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bill
/
Noun, Verb
blackout
/x
Noun, Verb
bleed
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Verb, Noun
blended
/x
Adjective
blocked
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Adjective
blood
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Noun, Verb
blow
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
bluefin
/x
Noun
bob
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Name, Verb, Adjective
boost
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Verb, Noun
bore
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Verb, Noun
bouquet
x/
Noun
bowl
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Noun, Verb
break
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Verb, Noun
break off
//
Phrase, Verb
breakthrough
/x
Noun, Adjective
bring down
//
Phrase, Verb
brisket
/x
Noun
burst
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Verb, Noun
carve
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Verb, Noun
cast
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
castrated
/xx
Adjective
challenge
/x
Noun, Verb
chamfer
/x
Noun, Verb
chase
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Noun, Verb
chatter
/x
Noun, Verb
check
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
chine
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Noun, Verb
chip
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Noun, Verb
chop up
//
Phrase, Verb
circuit
/x
Noun, Verb
clear
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
cleavage
/x
Noun
cleaved
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Adjective
clip
/
Noun, Verb
cold shoulder
//x
Phrase, Noun, Verb
component
x/x
Noun, Adjective
compress
/x
Verb, Noun
compression
x/x
Noun
compressive
x/x
Adjective
concentrate
/xx
Verb, Noun
concept
/x
Noun, Verb
conception
x/x
Noun
condense
x/
Verb, Adjective
confidence
/xx
Noun
connection
x/x
Noun
content
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
contention
x/x
Noun
contract
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
contraction
x/x
Noun
core
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
corte
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Name
counseling
/xx
Noun
coupe
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Noun
court
/
Noun, Verb
crack
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
cradle
/x
Noun, Verb
crop
/
Noun, Verb
crosscut
/
Noun, Verb
crossover
/xx
Noun, Adjective
crux
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Noun
cube
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Noun, Verb
cup
/
Noun, Verb
curb
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Noun, Verb
current
/x
Adjective, Noun
curtail
x/
Verb, Noun
curtailment
x/x
Noun
curve
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
cut across
/x/
Phrase, Verb
cut back
//
Phrase, Verb
cut down
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
cut off
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
cut out
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
cut short
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
cut up
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
cutback
/x
Noun
cutoff
/x
Noun, Adjective
cutout
/x
Noun
cuts
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Noun
cutter
/x
Noun
cutting off
/x/
Phrase, Noun
dart
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Noun, Verb
dead
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
debited
/xx
Verb
decide
x/
Verb
decline
x/
Noun, Verb
decrease
x/
Noun, Verb
deep
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun
defensible
x/xx
Adjective
deflate
x/
Verb
delete
x/
Verb, Noun
deletion
x/x
Noun
denomination
xxx/x
Noun
deny
x/
Verb
depreciating
x/xxx
Adjective
deprive
x/
Verb
detach
x/
Verb
detract
x/
Verb
dice
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Noun, Verb
dig
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Verb, Noun
dilute
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Verb, Adjective, Noun
diminish
x/x
Verb
diminution
xx/x
Noun
direction
x/x
Noun
disconnect
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Noun, Verb
disconnection
xx/x
Noun
discontinue
xx/x
Verb
discount
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
disengaged
xx/
Adjective