verb
1.
Synonyms: cut 1, gash, incise, pierce, slice, slit
2.
Synonyms: hack , hackle, haggle
3.
Synonyms: lambaste 3, blister, castigate, excoriate, flay, lash (into), scarify, scathe, scorch, scourge
Idioms: ||light into
4.
Synonyms: reduce 2, clip, cut, cut back, cut down, lower, mark down, pare, shave
5.
Synonyms: shorten , abbreviate, abridge, curtail, cut, cut back, retrench