hacksawed

past tense of hacksaw

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hacksawed
Verb
  • The song was released in 1973, only a few years after The Beatles split, highlighting how quickly the two reconnected.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
  • After a tumultuous on-and-off-again relationship, Tran and Brown officially split in late 2014.
    Alex Heigl, People.com, 16 May 2025
Verb
  • Everyone, even the children, have scars from where the corners of their mouths have been slit up into their cheeks, Joker-style.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 27 Apr. 2025
  • There are no marks on the bones directly attributable to a cause of death, Green said, and the Romans typically killed their sacrifices by slitting their throats or through drowning.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • In another incident that month, a train conductor was slashed in the neck.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • So much so that movement speeds of loads (up or down) were slashed by 85% compared to common-or-garden backpacks.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 21 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • But the Hawks’ present-day problems ripped them right back into the here and now.
    Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Milton’s hurricane-force winds ripped trees from already soggy soils, but its historic rain also flooded neighborhoods that had never experienced waters so high.
    Jack Prator, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Hacksawed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hacksawed. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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