6
fell(verb, drop, cut, divide, curtail)
6
flay(verb, cut, beat, attack, praise)
6
groove(noun, verb, mark, opening, scratch)
6
lambaste(verb, cut, beat, attack, criticize)
6
mark down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, cut, check)
6
rend(verb, break, cut, separate, open)
6
retrench(verb, cut, reduce, halt, diminish)
6
scarify(verb, cut, attack, praise, criticize)
6
scathe(verb, cut, beat, attack, praise)
6
scratch(noun, verb, break, cut, separate)
6
shorten(verb, cut, reduce, restrain, halt)
6
slam(verb, phrasal verb, cut, attack, praise)
6
snip(noun, verb, cut, reduce, mark)
6
thresh
6
welt
5
aperture(noun, hole)
5
bar(noun, verb, line, band, strip)
5
burn(verb, hurt, reduce, smart, consume)
5
burst(open, crack, split, divide, tear)
5
cheapen(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, lower)
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