Cut
Cut verb - To penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife).
Offend
Offend verb - To cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in.
Usage example: the visitor unintentionally offended his hosts terribly by failing to compliment them on the elaborately prepared meal
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Downplayed and lampshaded by The Nostalgia Critic when he believes the Spider-Man movie cut out a World Trade Center scene as to not offend anyone after 9/11.
Source: Conspiracy Theorist -
However, he has said that he wants to cut down on gendered profanity like this, because he knows how much it can offend the female members of his audience.
Source: Web Video / Bennett the Sage -
Being There had its final scene cut for its original release due to concern that the Twist Ending (which reveals Chance can walk on water) would offend Christians.
Source: Banned in China
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Offend and Cut. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut/offend
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Offend or Cut. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut/offend.
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