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pierce(verb, cut, split, divide)
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scissor(verb, cut, divide, curtail)
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section(verb, break, part, cut)
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segment(verb, break, part, cut)
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segregate(verb, break, part, cut)
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slash(verb, break, drop, cut)
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subdivide(verb, break, part, cut)
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uncouple(verb, break, part, split)
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amputate(verb, cut, divide, curtail)
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branch(verb, break, part, cut)
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cut apart(verb, expression, phrasal verb, cut)
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cut in two(verb, expression, idiom, cut)
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excise(verb, dissociate)
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fork(verb, open, crack, cross)
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open(verb, break, cut, crack)
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rift(break, cut, crack, divide)
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shatter(break, cut, crack, disjunction)
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axe(verb, halve)
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cut up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, break, part)
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