Cut
Cut verb - To penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife).
Exterminate and cut are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Exterminate" instead a verb "Cut".
Exterminate
Exterminate verb - To destroy all traces of.
Usage example: hope that the fumigant exterminates the whole colony of cockroaches, for any survivors may be resistant to any poison
Cut and exterminate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cut" instead a verb "Exterminate".
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The sequel, on the other hand, is a subversion — provoking the local mages in Athkatla will result in larger and larger squads sent to exterminate the player, but eventually the mages have had enough: they cut their losses and stop interfering with the player character's actions.
Source: I Fought the Law and the Law Won
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Exterminate and Cut. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut/exterminate
Cut & Exterminate. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut/exterminate>.
Exterminate or Cut. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut/exterminate.
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