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
  • The repeat was a cleaner A-line style with a round neckline, flared sleeves and a center slit through the midi skirt.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 21 July 2026
  • And when her enemies slept, her forces crept into their camps and slit their throats.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of slit
Verb
  • Without that off-ramp, builders would be forced to slash prices, threatening the equity held by recent buyers or to idle construction crews.
    — Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 27 July 2026
  • BuzzFeed is slashing its workforce on the heels of the digital media company’s deal to sell a controlling ownership stake to entrepreneur and comedian Byron Allen.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 27 July 2026
Definition of slash
Verb
  • Just running around wearing cloaks, slinking into and out of castles, slicing the throats of all who cross her.
    — Brian Grubb, Vulture, 27 July 2026
  • Another fissure appeared, slicing a haphazard path through its pale-blue heart.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 27 July 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
  • The fledgling storm is being affected by shearing winds expected to prevent it from building into the kind of hurricane that can sometimes quickly develop in the Gulf just offshore.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 21 July 2026
  • The force of the crash sheared the seatbelt Miller was wearing, and he was thrown from the vehicle.
    — Alex Andrejev, New York Times, 17 July 2026
Definition of shear
Verb
  • Residents are split The average home value in the neighborhood is $430,998, according to Zillow.
    — Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
  • The Braves were able to split Wednesday’s doubleheader, following a 3-2 loss earlier in the afternoon.
    — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 30 July 2026
Definition of split
Verb
  • Germany’s biggest automaker is planning a massive restructuring and cost-cutting program in response to intensifying competition from Chinese electric vehicle makers and higher tariffs on its exports to the United States.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
  • The formidable shadow pool, cut by black liquid liner, was juxtaposed with light brown brows and bubblegum blush on the apples of her cheeks.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 24 July 2026
Definition of cut
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