to cut up

Examples

• All

• Well, you don't wanna get all cut up, do you?

  Surf's Up (2007)

• Her feet look all cut up from trying to walk in those ridiculous shoes.

  Blog text (1)

• "Why else would they cut him up like that?" "Do you think it was some horrible disease?"

  Fiction book (1999)

• Scores of magazines had been cut up, squares missing from selected articles.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Hey, your toes, they're all cut up and bleeding.

  Armageddon Time (2022)

• I can't count the times I've majorly cut up my feet, but I still didn't care.

  Blog text (13)

• After falling on the glass, his arm was all cut up and needed stitches.

• She came back from the hike with her legs cut up from the sharp branches.

• The boxer was cut up during the match, showing signs of a tough fight.

Synonyms

I

to injure

vsto cut up

640 1.0

Harm someone's body or a part of it, often by accident

is more intense harm, typically involving deep sharp damage

W

to wound

vsto cut up

617 2.3

To cut or hurt someone's body physically

is broader severe damage that commonly involves deep sharp injury

B

to beat up

vsto cut up

• Offensive

271 4.1

To attack someone by hitting them again and again to hurt them

is more about severe sharp damage than blunt force attacks

C

to chop

vsto cut up

193 1.0

To cut something into pieces using a sharp tool like a knife or axe

is violent action that severely injures people or things rather than mere division

C

to cut into

vsto cut up

89 2.3

To make something into smaller pieces using a knife or tool

is more violent and causes deep, damaging injury

M

to mutilate

vsto cut up

• NSFW

73 7.4

Damage something by cutting or removing parts so it looks ruined

is severe harm often inflicted by sharp, deep injury

C

to chop up

vsto cut up

56 1.9

To cut something into smaller pieces by sharp blows again and again with a knife or axe

is more about causing severe bodily harm than routine division

C

to chop off

vsto cut up

45 3.4

To remove something by cutting, often with a sharp blow

is general severe harm that can include removal of parts

R

to rough up

vsto cut up

• Offensive

35 7.3

To attack and hurt someone slightly to scare them

is harsher harm typically causing deep, severe wounds

M

to mangle

vsto cut up

• NSFW

21 6.1

To badly cut, tear, or crush and cause a serious physical injury

is severe harm usually involving deep sharp damage

B

to beat to a pulp

vsto cut up

• Offensive

15 7.6

Hit someone many times until they are badly hurt or win against them very clearly

is severe harm often produced by sharp, cutting injury instead

K

to knife

vsto cut up

• NSFW

15 7.1

To cut or hurt someone with a sharp blade

is severe bodily harm not limited to a specific instrument

L

to lacerate

vsto cut up

• NSFW

9 7.5

To cut or tear skin roughly

is serious bodily harm commonly produced by sharp force

S

to slice up

vsto cut up

9 1.5

To cut something into thin slices

is violent harm rather than simple careful division

R

to rip up

vsto cut up

8 2.8

To tear something into small pieces

is serious bodily or object damage often caused by sharp force

B

to bang up

vsto cut up

• Informal

8 7.6

Damage something badly, often by hitting or dropping it

is usually more severe and often involves penetrating injury

C

to cut to pieces

vsto cut up

8 5.4

Break something into many small parts or hurt someone very badly

means grave physical harm often caused by sharp injury

S

to smash up

vsto cut up

• Informal

5 4.7

To damage something very badly so it breaks into pieces

is similar damage but typically involves sharp, penetrating harm

C

to chew up

vsto cut up

5 3.9

To damage something badly, often by biting or tearing

is focused on severe physical injury rather than general destruction

C

to cut to ribbons

vsto cut up

• Informal

2 7.4

To beat someone completely in a competition or argument

focuses more on causing severe physical harm rather than defeat

W

to whack up

vsto cut up

• UK

8.3

To divide something into parts, for example by cutting it or by sharing it among people

tends to mean severe bodily damage rather than rough division

Antonyms

H

to heal

481 1.2

To become healthy again after an injury, illness, or emotional pain

R

to repair

71 2.1

To try to make a damaged relationship or reputation better

How Damaged

to destroy

∞ 1.0

to mutilate

• NSFW

73 7.4

to cut up

62 4.1

to scratch

161 1.1

to nick

33 3.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology