Cutting
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Cutting the Knot: Some Fetch Quests can be resolved by just killing the person who has the item you want.
Source: Video Game / Harvester - Cutting the Knot: A sword in the stone style contest is resolved when Incia takes a hammer and chisel, and breaks open the stone holding the sword.
Source: Manhwa / Dragon Recipe -
There are still more wires than would probably be necessary, and there is mention of how disarming a false timer would set the bomb off, but ultimately the whole thing is resolved without cutting any wires at all.
Source: Wire Dilemma
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Resolved and Cutting. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cutting/resolved
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