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as in ripped
to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)
the shard of glass sliced my hand, and I started bleeding profusely
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Recent Examples of sliced
With that knife, Bland stabbed her husband in the head and neck — and, afterward, sliced her teenage daughter in the forearm as the teen tried to get Emii from Bland, the report says.
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Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2026
Aranda sliced an opposite-field, three-run home run off Mikolas that caromed off the foul pole in left field to put the Rays in front 3-2 in the bottom of the third.
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ABC News,
19 June 2026
The same pillowy, pull-apart dough gets spread with garlic-herb butter and layered with mozzarella, sharp white cheddar, and Parmesan before being rolled, sliced, and baked until golden.
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Maggie Meyer Glisan,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 June 2026
Just minutes after the opening whistle blew, Al-Owairan collected a pass inside his own half and sliced through Belgium’s defense to slide the ball into the net, giving Saudi Arabia a 1–0 victory.
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Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
15 June 2026
As lasers sliced through smoke billowing from the stage, frontman Tyrone Lindqvist's silky falsetto floated over a sea of festivalgoers stretching far, far, far beyond the soundboard.
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Bryan West,
USA Today,
14 June 2026
De Los Santos’ changeup sliced toward the bottom left of the zone, and Jensen met it with a three-run double to right to put Kansas City ahead 7-5.
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Latif Love
june 14,
Kansas City Star,
14 June 2026
Tomatoes maintain better texture and taste when they're not sliced ahead of time.
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Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Martha Stewart,
13 June 2026
When responding officers arrived at the location and met the woman, she was covered in a blanket because her shirt and shorts were sliced open, leaving the front of her body exposed, according to the statement.
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Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
12 June 2026
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2026
Aranda sliced an opposite-field, three-run home run off Mikolas that caromed off the foul pole in left field to put the Rays in front 3-2 in the bottom of the third.
—
ABC News,
19 June 2026
The same pillowy, pull-apart dough gets spread with garlic-herb butter and layered with mozzarella, sharp white cheddar, and Parmesan before being rolled, sliced, and baked until golden.
—
Maggie Meyer Glisan,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 June 2026
Just minutes after the opening whistle blew, Al-Owairan collected a pass inside his own half and sliced through Belgium’s defense to slide the ball into the net, giving Saudi Arabia a 1–0 victory.
—
Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
15 June 2026
As lasers sliced through smoke billowing from the stage, frontman Tyrone Lindqvist's silky falsetto floated over a sea of festivalgoers stretching far, far, far beyond the soundboard.
—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
14 June 2026
De Los Santos’ changeup sliced toward the bottom left of the zone, and Jensen met it with a three-run double to right to put Kansas City ahead 7-5.
—
Latif Love
june 14,
Kansas City Star,
14 June 2026
Tomatoes maintain better texture and taste when they're not sliced ahead of time.
—
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Martha Stewart,
13 June 2026
When responding officers arrived at the location and met the woman, she was covered in a blanket because her shirt and shorts were sliced open, leaving the front of her body exposed, according to the statement.
—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
12 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sliced
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Right now, Amazon chopped $300 off the Omen’s usual $2,199 list price to send it under $1,900.
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But her mother, who found it unseemly for a little girl to be swinging such a thing about, chopped it off one night while my mother was asleep.
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Lineage, which describes itself as the world's largest owner of cold storage facilities, experienced a fire at another of its warehouses, in Finley, Washington, which ripped through the entire building and burned for two months in 2024.
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The lessons aren’t all that different from the great breadstick campaign of 2014, when Starboard’s Jeff Smith’s play at Olive Garden parent Darden literally ripped the company for undersalting its pasta water in an effort to save money on pots and pans.
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But bad news continued as a leading ratings agency slashed its outlook for BMW to negative from stable, as analysts wondered if the German manufacturing base might be under threat.
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Governor Kathy Hochul separately slashed the Manhattan shuttle-bus fare from $80 to $20, meaning two of the most powerful governors in the country spent the spring competing to subsidize FIFA, a private organization.
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The current unrest first erupted in May after Paz cut long-standing fuel subsidies to shrink the deficit.
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Some analysts expect Apple could benefit as manufacturers of Android devices cut specs or raise prices.
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Before police took him into custody, Tran slit his wrists, cut his neck and poked the blade into his stomach, but all of the wounds were superficial.
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If it’s baked in a loaf pan, go ahead and slit the top of the batter before baking.
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Players like Charlie Sifford (first Black player to earn a PGA Tour card), Lee Elder (first Black player in the Masters) and Calvin Peete (12 wins on the PGA Tour) are on the short list of African-Americans who pierced golf's racial barrier.
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Once the water boils, add the florets and cook until the largest pieces can be easily pierced with a knife, 8 to 12 minutes.
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The latest homicide was reported on Tuesday after a man was stabbed in the 400 block of South San Joaquin Street in Downtown Stockton.
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With that knife, Bland stabbed her husband in the head and neck — and, afterward, sliced her teenage daughter in the forearm as the teen tried to get Emii from Bland, the report says.
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“Sliced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sliced. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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