hatcheted

Cut with blade

Hatcheted means attacked or cut with a hatchet—a small, single-handed axe.

The word appears most often figuratively: a project gets hatcheted when it's abruptly killed or severely cut back, and a person gets hatcheted when subjected to a brutal critique or attack.

The editor hatcheted my manuscript.

Budget cuts hatcheted the program.

chopping

hewn

Cut or shaped

cleavedSplit forcefully apart
splitSeparation into parts
choppedCut into pieces

severed · cut · felled · slashed · gashed · notched · struck · splintered · carved · hacked

budget

slashed

Cut with force

guttedEmptied of contents
cutSeverance or reduction
reducedMade less in amount

trimmed · eliminated · decimated · curtailed · pruned · downsized · stripped · chopped · carved · pared

critique

attacked

Acted aggressively against

savagedAttacked with ferocity
evisceratedHad organs removed
demolishedCompletely destroyed a structure

destroyed · torn apart · ripped · shredded · butchered · panned · lambasted · excoriated · massacred · gutted

elimination

killed

Caused to die

murderedKilled with intent
slainKilled, often violently
executedCarried out or killed

assassinated · dispatched · buried · destroyed · eliminated · offed · whacked · silenced · rubbed out · done in

Opposites

cutting method/tool

hatchetedsawed

Divided using teeth

sliced

construction vs. destruction

hatchetedassembled

Brought together as group

constructed · built · joined · fused · welded

precision/care

hatchetedsculpted

Shaped into art

crafted · refined · polished · finessed · whittled

Phrases

bury the hatchetEnd hostilities formally
buried the hatchetSettled a dispute peacefully
burying the hatchetEnding hostilities permanently
hatchet jobDeliberately damaging criticism
hatchet manDelegated terminator of jobs
buries the hatchetSettles a dispute peacefully

Family

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Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG