Arc
Cut
Cut verb - To depart abruptly from a straight line or course.
Usage example: cut towards the goal, eluding a defender
How words are described
| full | full arc | full cut |
| long | long arc | long cut |
| similar | similar arc | similar cut |
| brief | brief arc | brief cut |
| Other adjectives: short, complete, original, initial, single, small, actual, infamous, opening, important, new, early, minor, next, last, different, earlier, longer. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- The chuunin examination arc of Naruto was a formal Tournament Arc that is actually cut short.
Source: Tournament Arc - The second arc concerns itself with the day-to-day missions, and is cut in half by what you could call Story Arc 2.5, which concerns itself with the seventh Animorph, David.
Source: Story Arc - The Gormogon arc was often made of awesome, but if you know how it ends it can be deeply unsatisfying, as the arc was cut short by the writer's strike and ended with an Ass Pull of epic proportions.
Source: Half-Arc Season
Cite this Source
Cut and Arc. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/arc/cut
Arc & Cut. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/arc/cut>.
Cut or Arc. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/arc/cut.
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