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Synonyms for Cutting (same or very similar meaning)

WordNet sense 1 (a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting):
slip

WordNet sense 2 (an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine):
clipping, press cutting, newspaper clipping, press clipping

WordNet sense 3 ((of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character):
edged, stinging

WordNet sense 4 (lacking kindness):
unkind

WordNet sense 5 (unpleasantly cold and damp):
bleak, raw

WordNet sense 6 (the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film):
film editing

WordNet sense 7 (removing parts to create a desired shape):
carving

WordNet sense 8 (as physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument):
keen, piercing, stabbing, knifelike, lancinate, lancinating

WordNet sense 9 (keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point):
sharp

WordNet sense 10 (the division of a deck of cards before dealing):
cut

WordNet sense 11 (the act of diluting something):
thinning

WordNet sense 12 (the act of shortening something by choping off the ends):
cutting off


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