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cut_up has definitions from the field of writing
1
[ verb ] cut to pieces

Synonyms

carve

Examples

"Father carved the ham"

Used in print

(Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)

Had_to put my foot on_it to hole it down while I cut it up fer the lob-scuse '' .

Related terms

cut engrave fillet shave chisel divide cutter

2
[ verb ] destroy or injure severely

Synonyms

mutilate disfigure mangle

Examples

"The madman mutilates art work"

Used in print

(Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)

Before the fight was over , the Harlem boy had a concussion and Trig was cut_up badly .

Related terms

damage deface maimer

3
[ adjective ] cut into pieces

Related terms

cut

4
[ verb ] separate into isolated compartments or categories

Synonyms

compartmentalise compartmentalize

Examples

"You cannot compartmentalize your life like this!"

Related terms

separate categorization compartment compartmentalisation

5
[ verb ] (writing) significantly cut up a manuscript

Synonyms

hack

Related terms

edit

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