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
Qualify
Qualify verb - To limit the meaning of (as a noun).
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- All factions qualify to some degree, but the Harmonium are the most clear-cut ones: they seek to create Harmony...by bashing the heads of anyone who disagrees.
Source: Utopia Justifies the Means - Several characters from Undertale qualify to some extent, due to the cast being something of a Dysfunction Junction, the most clear cut example is definitely Sans the skeleton.
Source: Good Is Not Soft -
On the Protoss side we have the Void Ray, which should qualify as its initially super-powerful attack becomes stronger over time, and the Planet Cracker, a cut ability for the Mothership.
Source: Wave Motion Gun
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