Cutting
Slip
Slip noun - A part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting.
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Both words in one sentence
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The missile is decently powerful, can slip through small spaces that you might not be able to attack through, generates quite a lot of light, and doesn't expire when cutting through plants.
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In Little Shop of Horrors, Seymour's excuse for having Band-Aids on all ten of his fingers (which he is cutting to feed Audrey Two): "Seems like every time I pick up a pruning shears, I slip."
Source: Cut Himself Shaving
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