hacksaw

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hacksaw
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
  • The story crosscut feverishly between the two, giving rise to a ticklishly clever chicken-or-egg conundrum: Was Riley being manipulated, like a puppet, by her confused and unruly emotions?
    Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
Verb
  • One of the attackers then proceeded to slit Forde’s throat using a 12-inch dagger as two other assailants stabbed him in the stomach in front of onlookers.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 June 2025
  • Before he was detained, police say, Cooksey threatened to slit an officer's throat.
    CBS News, CBS News, 6 May 2025
Verb
  • The exigencies of World War II drastically slashed unemployment but did not improve living standards, and the wartime economy offered no guarantee against the reemergence of widespread joblessness when the conflict ended.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Bregman is currently slashing .305/.387/.546 with a .933 OPS and 16 homers in 79 games.
    Joey Copponi, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • To make this má là pig ear recipe, the ears are braised then thinly sliced, their cartilage softening into noodle-like ribbons.
    Jessica Liang, Saveur, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The chicken is sliced and served alongside a half-dome of rice, which is cooked in chicken fat for maximum flavor.
    Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • At its base definition, scissoring is just about genital-to-genital stimulation, so anyone interested in doing so can scissor.
    Adejoke Mason, Them, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Sizzle highlighted above, there are a lot of assumptions around who can scissor.
    Adejoke Mason, Them, 3 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Bob had his cheek welded onto the factory plastic, fists gripped to the window frame, all of his pale hair sheared back by the drag.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
  • But since azaleas tolerate heavy pruning and respond by sending out new shoots all along remaining stems, the shrubs work well when sheared into a formal hedge.
    Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 July 2025
Verb
  • The two officially split in July, ending a six-year engagement and nine-year partnership.
    Bryan West, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Eric Holcomb and Mike Pence made the governor’s residence in Indianapolis their primary home — with Pence selling his Columbus home after becoming governor — while former Gov. Mitch Daniels split his time between that building and his home in Carmel.
    Whitney Downard, IndyStar, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The farm is closed on Monday, but is open every day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Atkins-Johnson Farm and Museum Sunflowers are available to visitors to cut for themselves in August at Big Shoal Farm, located at the Atkins-Johnson Farm and Museum, 4109 NE Pleasant Valley Road in Gladstone.
    Joseph Hernandez August 14, Kansas City Star, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Consolidation has been another trend, with some fretting over Amazon merging Wondery into Audible and cutting staff.
    James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
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“Hacksaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hacksaw. Accessed 24 Aug. 2025.

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