Cut
Cut noun - A piece that has been separated from the whole by cutting.
Both words in one sentence
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Orson Scott Card's Earth Unaware has asteroid mining ships using laser drills to cut through asteroid crust to get to the valuable minerals.
Source: Laser Cutter -
The Quanta - and its Infested counterpart the Mutalist Quanta - were originally mining tools used to cut through rock.
Source: Video Game / Warframe - In Wings of Liberty, there's a mission where you can cut down a good chunk of the enemy forces using a gigantic mining laser.
Source: Superweapon Surprise
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Mining and Cut. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut/mining
Cut & Mining. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut/mining>.
Mining or Cut. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut/mining.
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