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Cut down

adj, verb, slang

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having been cut down; reduced in strength or power.
Verb
  1. 1
    To cut downward. intransitive, literally
  2. 2
    cut down on; make a reduction in wordnet
  3. 3
    To adulterate a drug. literally, transitive

    "We need to cut the cocaine down."

  4. 4
    intercept (a player) wordnet
  5. 5
    To bring down by cutting. transitive

    "They want to cut down several trees to make room for the parking lot."

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  1. 6
    cause to come or go down wordnet
  2. 7
    To insult, to belittle. idiomatic, transitive
  3. 8
    cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow wordnet
  4. 9
    To reduce the amount of something. idiomatic

    "He wants to cut down on extra steps."

  5. 10
    cut with a blade or mower wordnet
  6. 11
    To slay, often in great numbers. dated, idiomatic

    "I will cut you down where you stand."

  7. 12
    cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete wordnet
  8. 13
    To shoot a gun; to shoot (someone or many people), usually to kill them. intransitive, slang, transitive
  9. 14
    To challenge (someone); to prove superiority to (someone). slang, transitive

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