Thesaurus results for CROSSCUT

crosscut

verb

Definition of crosscut

as in to slit

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Recent Examples of crosscut First, crosscut the 8-ft-long strip into two 32 1/8-inch long pieces. — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 5 Jan. 2023 The divide between conservatives and progressives is crosscut by those who want the courts to retain their authority over constitutional meaning and those who do not. — Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2023 The scene is crosscut with Alicent copulating with the King—disinterestedly and out of duty. — Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 12 Sep. 2022 Next, crosscut the parts to the dimensions shown in the drawing. — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 29 July 2022 See All Example Sentences for crosscut

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Verb

Every Black Dove attends to their duties with all deliberate stabbing, throat-slitting, and shooting speed, except for Reed.

— Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2026
Bevins, sung by the tenor Jonah Hoskins, is a young gay man who slit his wrists after being jilted by a lover.

— Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of slit

Verb

The Global Methodist Church, a conservative group, split from the denomination in 2022.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026
The men and women, both of whom split their home games between Hartford and M&T Bank Center at Gampel Pavilion on campus, have staged periodic doubleheaders in the years since, when schedules intersected.

— Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of split

Verb

The outrage mob may try to sink their talons into anyone who does, but they've been declawed by the will of the people — who sliced right through the propaganda.

— Matt Calkins OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026
My only gripe is these don’t come with a dipping sauce, so pick up a bag of scallions to slice and scatter over—nice touch—and the Gyoza Dipping Sauce.

— Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of slice

Verb

Milei’s austerity drive has produced a rare budget surplus and slashed annual inflation from 200% to about 32%.

— Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2026
The Catholic Church has criticized Milei’s austerity measures that have slashed social spending, and his embrace of artificial intelligence.

— Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of slash

Verb

Formal hedges require frequent pruning, about every six weeks, to keep their distinct shapes intact using electric hedge trimmers to shear the surface.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2026
The research, conducted by Pranay Mudaliar and Jerin John, an associate professor of mechanical, industrial and aerospace engineering at Concordia University, examines how the gel responds to shear, temperature, and the addition of ethanol.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of shear

Verb

On the ensuing 4-on-4, Bennett took advantage of the extra space, carrying the puck from the neutral zone to the faceoff dot before ripping a wrist shot just under the crossbar to give Florida a 3-1 lead.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2026
While developments connected to the gold rush helped knit the continent together, the Civil War’s gathering storm clouds threatened to rip the country apart.

— Terry Hartle, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Nov. 2026

Definition of rip

Verb

Jovany Barragan’s second field goal — a 35-yarder on an untimed down — cut Serra’s deficit to 21-6 at halftime.

— Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
The verdict came just three days after regulators seized Ueno Bank, cutting nearly 3 million customers off from their savings and bank cards and setting off a political crisis.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of cut

Verb

That England avoided what would have been an embarrassing last-sixteen exit to Slovakia was thanks mostly to the individual brilliance of Jude Bellingham, its attacking prodigy, who scissored in an acrobatic finish at the death.

— Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 18 June 2026
When Robby scissors through the uterus, a perfect flood of bloody fluid comes cascading outward, immediately filling the prosthetic belly’s cavity.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026

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