Cut
Cut verb - To penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife).
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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We also see a tank headed straight toward a parked Ford Pinto, but the scene is cut away from before any impact and the total lack of sound effects in the next shot (indoor, in the house the car's in front of) leaves the presumption the tank driver swerved in time.
Source: Every Car Is a Pinto -
One of the other Turks spurred up to him, and tried to catch him with his spear between the shoulders; but my Lord John saw it coming and swerved aside; and as the Saracen passed on, my Lord John gave him a back-handed cut with his sword across the arm, and sent his spear flying.
Source: Offhand Backhand
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Swerved and Cut. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut/swerved
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Swerved or Cut. 2016. Accessed August 02, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut/swerved.
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