Cut
Cut verb - To penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife).
Flatten
Flatten verb - To make free from breaks, curves, or bumps.
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Anniversary managed to win back many older fans, but another faction splintered, pointing out how the changes in the plot managed to flatten characters from the first game into cardboard cut-outs.
Source: Discontinuity / Video Games -
Overly Long Fighting Animation: Subverted: Letz Shake's "Disaster Blaster" Earthquake Generator has this massively long cutscene where it charges up and prepares to flatten the battlefield, but then Henry shows up out of nowhere and proceeds to cut the machine (and Letz Shake) to pieces.
Source: Video Game / No More Heroes -
The very high velocity bullet would flatten itself against armor and the hammer blow would spall one (or more) chunk(s) of hard steel armor to bounce inside and cut the unfortunate crew to pieces.
Source: Sniping the Cockpit
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Flatten and Cut. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut/flatten
Cut & Flatten. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut/flatten>.
Flatten or Cut. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut/flatten.
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