| VERB | contact | cut up, carve | cut to pieces |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | cut up, mutilate, mangle | destroy or injure severely | |
| change | cut up, compartmentalize, compartmentalise | separate into isolated compartments or categories / categories | |
| change | cut up, hack | significantly cut up a manuscript | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | cut up | cut into pieces |
| Meaning | cut into pieces. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | cut | separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument |
| Spanish | troceado | |
| Meaning | cut to pieces. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Model | They cut up the cape | |
| Synonym | carve | |
| Narrower | fillet, filet | cut into filets / filets |
| shave | make shavings of or reduce to shavings | |
| Broader | cut | separate with or as if with an instrument |
| See also | cut | separate with or as if with an instrument |
| Spanish | cortar, trinchar | |
| Meaning | Destroy or injure severely. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | mutilate, mangle | |
| Broader | damage | inflict damage / damage upon |
| Spanish | desfigurar, desgarrar, destrozar, mutilar | |
| Catalan | capolar, destrossar, esquinçar, estripar, mutilar | |
| Meaning | separate into isolated compartments or categories / categories. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | compartmentalize, compartmentalise | |
| Broader | separate, disunite, divide, part | Force, take, or pull apart |
| Spanish | compartimentar | |
| Catalan | compartimentar | |
| Meaning | significantly cut up a manuscript. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | They won't cut up the story | |
| Synonym | hack | |
| Broader | edit, redact | Prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting |
| Spanish | dar el hacha, tajar | |
| Catalan | tallar | |
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