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The verb that severs, the noun that wounds, the edit that saves the film.
means To divide or shorten something with a sharp edge, or the result and act of doing so.
from Likely from Old Norse roots akin to kuti, a small knife, sharpening into Middle English cutten around the 1300s.
Director's cutFilm term born from literal scissoring of celluloid.
Pay cutMoney sliced metaphorically, just as painfully as flesh.
Card cutSplitting a deck dates to medieval anti-cheating ritual.