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hacksaw

verb

Definition of hacksawnext
as in to crosscut

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hacksaw
  1. crosscut
  2. slit
  3. slash
  4. slice
  5. scissor
  6. shear
  7. split
  8. cut
Verb
  • No longer was the audience in its familiar seat of omniscient spectator, denying the editor the ability to crosscut and seamlessly switch perspectives across the action.
    — Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Stack two of the 11¾-inch rips and crosscut them to 33 inches long (photo 2).
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 24 Jan. 2023
Definition of crosscut
Verb
  • Afterward, Lindsay slit her wrists and neck, then jumped out of a second-story window.
    — Selena Barrientos, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Instead Justine shows up to slit his throat and take the baby from him, leaving him for dead; the child winds up disappearing with Holtz into a hell dimension.
    — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of slit
Verb
  • But energy analysts credit Beijing's slashing imports as having the single greatest impact on moderating prices since the start of the war.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026
  • But energy analysts credit Beijing’s slashing imports as having the single greatest impact on moderating prices since the start of the war.
    — Aamer Madhani, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of slash
Verb
  • Food prep including tomato cutting and slicing on an unclean surface.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • There are a lot of ways to slice the metrics on just how dependent the US economy has become on AI (and AI-adjacent) spending.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of slice
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
Definition of scissor
Verb
  • Once inside, they’re restrained, sometimes blindfolded to preserve their sanity, and carefully sheared before being released.
    — Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2026
  • As a member of the mint family, horehound has the tendency to spread aggressively, but this can be prevented by shearing the inconspicuous flowers, which is also done to expose the evergreen foliage.
    — Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of shear
Verb
  • The college sports bill is splitting Senate Democrats; many aren’t backing it because it is not seen as labor-friendly, and labor groups like the AFL-CIO oppose it.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The potential was evident in the opening minutes, when Barkov found Brady Tkachuk in stride after splitting the Hurricanes defense.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of split
Verb
  • Lopez tossed a 17-yard touchdown pass to Carlos Hernandez to cut Miami’s lead to 11 points.
    — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The decline raises the prospect of an interest rate cut by the central bank at next week’s monetary policy committee meeting, the penultimate one for this year.
    — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2026
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