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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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Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sliced
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Use a volcanic-rock molcajete or mortar and pestle to smash the fruit and serve, perhaps with a pinch of cilantro chopped on top.—
Tribune News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Mar. 2025 -
Wayward rhizomes that pop up as new plants can be hoed or chopped.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Mar. 2025
Verb
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But the Hawks’ present-day problems ripped them right back into the here and now.—
Phil Thompson,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Jan. 2025
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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
Verb
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Breaking Down The Pillars Microservices The core principle of microservices involves splitting a monolithic application into multiple independent services.—
Raju Dandigam,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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That allowed Igor Jesus to put Botafogo in front to stay shortly before the intermission, splitting a pair of PSG defenders to run on to Jefferson Savarino’s perfectly weighted through ball, then beating keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma from the top of the box.—
Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2025
Verb
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In another incident that month, a train conductor was slashed in the neck.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
23 Dec. 2024
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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
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The prospect of trying to cut open a stubborn 5-4-1 block in the Orlando heat could have become torturous quite quickly.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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The latest setback was the Senate parliamentarian striking down several provisions of the bill that were designed to cut spending.—
Haisten Willis,
The Washington Examiner,
27 June 2025
Verb
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Then, the family members would drag their victim to a hidden cellar on the property and slit the victim’s throat, leaving them there to die.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
1 June 2025
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In April 2006, Stanko, 57, beat and strangled girlfriend Laura Ling to death and raped her teenage daughter and slit her throat.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
30 May 2025
Verb
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The mountain is a troll’s hat that was pierced by an arrow following a grand chase; when the sun rose, all the trolls involved in the spectacle and those watching it—plus the punctured hat—turned to stone forever, forming Torghatten and the striking array of other peaks in the region.—
Blane Bachelor,
AFAR Media,
9 Apr. 2025
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My first arrow had pierced his rib cage and then ripped through to lodge in a shoulder blade.—
Ray Alt,
Outdoor Life,
27 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Two people were stabbed at a transit station in Queens, with one of them dying, and a woman was set on fire and died on a subway car in Brooklyn.—
Jack Birle,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
23 Dec. 2024
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Hernandez-Velasco, 32, was rushed to Stamford Hospital after he was stabbed at a party, cops said.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
23 Dec. 2024
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“Sliced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sliced. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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