Amend
Amend verb - To remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from.
Usage example: the Bill of Rights was adopted in an effort to amend a constitution that seemed to many to be deficient in guaranteeing individual rights
Cut
Cut verb - To penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife).
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
| ways | amend ways | cut ways |
Both words in one sentence
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The other barbers of the land didn't want him cutting their hair, however, so they asked the princess to amend the rule to say that he isn't allowed to cut the hair of someone who does cut their own hair, which landed him into the quandary of whether or not he's allowed to cut his own hair.
Source: Catch-22 Dilemma
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Cut and Amend. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/amend/cut
Amend & Cut. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/amend/cut>.
Cut or Amend. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/amend/cut.
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