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RELATED WORDS : back down bargain down batten down bear down bear down on bear down upon beat down bed down belt down blow down bog down boil down bolt down bow down bowed down break down bring down broken down brush cut brush down buckle down budget cut bunk down burn down call down calm down camp down cascade down cast down choke down chop down clamp down clamp down on clean cut climb down close down come down come down on cool down count down crack down crack down on crew cut cut cut across cut away cut back cut corners cut glass cut in cut into cut it out cut loose cut of beef cut of lamb cut of meat cut of mutton cut of pork cut of veal cut off cut out cut price cut rate cut short cut the mustard cut through cut to cut to ribbons cut up dash down deep down die down doss down down down at the heel down easter down feather down in the mouth down pat down payment down quark down syndrome down the drain down the stairs down town down under drag down dress down dressing down drink down drop down duck down dwindle down ebb down face down fall down fight down final cut flag down flap down flump down flush down freeze down garbage down get down go down go down on goose down grind down gun down hampshire down hand down handed down hands down hanging down have down hold down hoot down hose down hunker down hunkered down hunt down john l. h. down jot down jump cut jumping up and down keep down kick down kip down knock down knuckle down lay down lay down the law let down letting down lickety cut lie down live down load down loaded down look down on look down upon low down mark down melt down mow down nail down narrow down pare down pay cut peg down pin down pipe down place down plank down play down plonk down plump down plunk down pour down press down press down on price cut pull down push down put down quiet down rain down ram down ratchet down rattle down remain down roll down rope down rough cut round down rub down run down sag down salary cut scale down send down set down settle down shake down shoot down shout down shower down shut down simmer down sit down sit down strike sit down with sleek down slick down slide down slim down slow down slowing down sluice down spending cut split down sponge down stamp down stand down stare down steady down step down stepping down strike down strip down swan's down swill down swoop down upon take down take lying down talk down tamp down tax cut tear down tearing down throw down thumbs down tie down tone down toned down touch down track down tramp down tread down trim down tune down turn down turn thumbs down turn upside down up and down upside down vote down wash down water down watered down wear down weigh down weighed down weight down weighted down whack down whittle down wolf down write down written down

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb cut down has 6 senses

• cut down(v = verb.change) bring down, cut, cut back, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down - cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
is one way to decrease, lessen, minify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• cut down(v = verb.contact) slash - cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete; Array
is one way to cut
Sample sentence:
They cut down the trees

• cut down(v = verb.contact) down, knock down, pull down, push down - cause to come or go down; "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect"; "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet"
is one way to strike
Sample sentence:
The fighter managed to cut down his opponent

• cut down(v = verb.competition) cut out - intercept (a player); Array
is one way to arrest, check, contain, hold back, stop, turn back
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody

• cut down(v = verb.contact) mow - cut with a blade or mower; "mow the grass"
is one way to cut
Sample sentence:
They cut down rye in the field

• cut down(v = verb.contact) drop, fell, strike down - cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers"
is one way to cut
Sample sentence:
They cut down the trees

THESAURUS

cut down

abbreviate, abridge, abstract, annihilate, beat down, bereave of life, blow down, blow over, blow to pieces, blow up, bob, boil down, bowl down, bowl over, brain, break down, bring down, bulldog, bulldoze, burn down, burn to death, capsulize, carry away, carry off, cast down, chloroform, chop down, clip, compress, condense, contract, crop, curtail, curtail expenses, cut, cut back, cut corners, cut off, cut off short, cut short, cut to pieces, damp, dampen, dash down, deal a deathblow, deck, decrease, deduct, deflate, depreciate, depress, deprive of life, destroy, diminish, disintegrate, dispatch, dispose of, do away with, do for, do to death, dock, down, downgrade, drop, elide, end, epitomize, execute, exterminate, fell, fetch down, finish, finish off, flatten, floor, foreshorten, frag, give the quietus, ground, gun down, hew down, immolate, incinerate, jugulate, kill, knock down, knock over, lapidate, launch into eternity, lay level, lay low, lay out, lessen, level, liquidate, lower, lynch, make away with, mark down, martyr, martyrize, mow, mow down, nip, pare, pare down expenses, pistol, poison, poleax, poll, pollard, precipitate, prostrate, prune, pull down, purge, put away, put down, put to death, put to sleep, rase, raze, reap, recap, recapitulate, reduce, remove from life, retrench, riddle, roll back, sacrifice, scale down, send headlong, shave, shear, shoot, shoot down, shoot to death, shorten, shotgun, silence, simplify, slash, slay, slow down, smash, snub, spread-eagle, stab to death, starve, steamroller, step down, stone, stone to death, strike dead, stunt, sum up, summarize, supinate, synopsize, take a reef, take down, take from, take in, take life, take off, tear down, telescope, throw, throw down, topple, trim, trip, truncate, tumble, tune down, vaporize, whack down

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Destruction

VB be destroyed, perish, fall to the ground, tumble, topple, go to pieces, fall to pieces, break up, crumble to dust, go to the dogs, go to the wall, go to smash, go to shivers, go to wreck, go to pot, go to wrack and ruin, go by the board, go all to smash, be all over, be all up, be all with, totter to its fall, destroy, do away with, make away with, nullify, annual, sacrifice, demolish, tear up, overturn, overthrow, overwhelm, upset, subvert, put an end to, seal the doom of, do in, do for, dish, undo, break up, cut up, break down, cut down, pull down, mow down, blow down, beat down, suppress, quash, put down, do a job on, cut short, take off, blot out, dispel, dissipate, dissolve, consume, smash, crash, quell, squash, squelch, crumple up, shatter, shiver, batter to pieces, tear to pieces, crush to pieces, cut to pieces, shake to pieces, pull to pieces, pick to pieces, laniate, nip, tear to rags, tear to tatters, crush to atoms, knock to atoms, ruin, strike out, throw over, knock down over, fell, sink, swamp, scuttle, wreck, shipwreck, engulf, ingulf, submerge, lay in ashes, lay in ruins, sweep away, erase, wipe out, expunge, raze, level with the dust, level with the ground, waste, atomize, vaporize, deal destruction, desolate, devastate, lay waste, ravage gut, disorganize, dismantle, devour, swallow up, sap, mine, blast, bomb, blow to smithereens, drop the big one, confound, exterminate, extinguish, quench, annihilate, snuff out, put out, stamp out, trample out, lay in the dust, trample in the dust, prostrate, tread under foot, crush under foot, trample under foot, lay the ax to the root of, make short work of, make clean sweep of, make mincemeat of, cut up root and branch, chop into pieces, cut into ribbons, fling to the winds, scatter to the winds, throw overboard, strike at the root of, sap the foundations of, spring a mine, blow up, ravage with fire and sword, cast to the dogs, eradicate.

Shortness

VB be short, render short, shorten, curtail, abridge, abbreviate, take in, reduce, compress, epitomize, retrench, cut short, obtruncate, scrimp, cut, chop up, hack, hew, cut down, pare down, clip, dock, lop, prune, shear, shave, mow, reap, crop, snub, truncate, pollard, stunt, nip, check the growth of, foreshorten (in drawing).

Depression

VB depress, lower, let down, take down, let down a peg, take down a peg, cast, let drop, let fall, sink, debase, bring low, abase, reduce, detrude, pitch, precipitate, overthrow, overturn, overset, upset, subvert, prostate, level, fell, cast down, take down, throw down, fling down, dash down, pull down, cut down, knock down, hew down, raze, raze to the ground, rase to the ground, trample in the dust, pull about one's ears, sit, sit down, couch, squat, crouch, stoop, bend, bow, courtesy, curtsy, bob, duck, dip, kneel, bend the knee, bow the knee, bend the head, bow the head, cower, recline.

Killing

VB kill, put to death, slay, shed blood, murder, assassinate, butcher, slaughter, victimize, immolate, massacre, take away life, deprive of life, make away with, put an end to, despatch, dispatch, burke, settle, do for, strangle, garrote, hang, throttle, choke, stifle, suffocate, stop the breath, smother, asphyxiate, drown, saber, cut down, cut to pieces, cut the throat, jugulate, stab, run through the body, bayonet, eviscerate, put to the sword, put to the edge of the sword, shoot dead, blow one's brains out, brain, knock on the head, stone, lapidate, give a deathblow, deal a deathblow, give a quietus, give a coupe de grace, behead, bowstring, electrocute, gas, hunt, shoot, cut off, nip in the bud, launch into eternity, send to one's last account, sign one's death warrant, strike the death knell of, give no quarter, pour out blood like water, decimate, run amuck, wade knee deep in blood, imbrue one's hands in blood, die a violent death, welter in one's blood, dash out one's brains, blow out one's brains, commit suicide, kill oneself, make away with oneself, put an end to oneself, put an end to it all.

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