Cut
Cut verb - To penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife).
Precede
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Ronald Reagan appears in the cut scenes that precede some of the 1980s missions in Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.
Source: Useful Notes / Ronald Reagan - Lampshaded into a Running Gag on NCIS when Jimmy constantly makes what would be a Grissom One Liner on another show; not only does it never precede a cut, he inevitably causes everyone present to either roll their eyes with the lameness of it or react in disgust with the complete inappropriateness.
Source: Quip to Black
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Precede and Cut. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut/precede
Cut & Precede. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut/precede>.
Precede or Cut. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut/precede.
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