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scissors

verb

Definition of scissorsnext
present tense third-person singular of scissor
as in shears

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  1. slices
  2. slashes
  3. stabs
Verb
  • You may already be accustomed to changing channels frequently, since the NFL eagerly slices up its schedule across multiple networks.
    — Jason Cohen, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026
  • That line slices the plane into two halves, one of which will contain two corners of the outer triangle (the bottom half in the figure below).
    — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of slices
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  • This setup slashes solvent consumption by 40 percent and cuts the equipment footprint by more than half.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Microsoft slashes Xbox Cloud Gaming to just 15 hours a month for Ultimate subscribers.
    — Tom Warren, The Verge, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of slashes
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  • But before Bane can finish him off, Batman stabs a Batarang into a little knob on Bane’s wrist gauntlet, the one that controls his intake of Venom.
    — Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026
  • When Little Death stabs into their victim, there’s a geyser of blood, way more than could fit inside a human body.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of stabs
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“Scissors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scissors. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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