Cut
Cut verb - To alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances.
Usage example: the fruit juice was so cut with water that it was barely a fruit-flavored drink
Manipulate and cut are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Manipulate" instead a verb "Cut".
Manipulate
Manipulate verb - To control or take advantage of by artful, unfair, or insidious means.
Cut and manipulate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cut" instead a verb "Manipulate".
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Both words in one sentence
- Also, he could manipulate just about anyone with the force, stun them, stun any droid, disable any droid completely, make people's senses completed nulled, and could probably move faster than anyone in the series, and cut everyone to shreds.
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Wreaking Havok: You can cut, rocket and manipulate just about anything in your environment.
Source: Video Game / Tiny and Big -
He even knew exactly how to manipulate Simon Cowell to make sure Shane stayed in the band after Cowell wanted Shane cut because Shane bombed the audition.
Source: Music / Westlife
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Manipulate and Cut. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut/manipulate
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