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Clear-cut

verb

Remove all the trees at one time.

adjective

Clearly or sharply defined to the mind. Synonyms: distinct, trenchant. "Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct...intentions of conquest" , "Trenchant distinctions between right and wrong"

Having had all the trees removed at one time.

Clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible. Synonyms: clean-cut, clear. "Clear footprints in the snow" , "The letter brought back a clear image of his grandfather" , "A spire clean-cut against the sky" , "A clear-cut pattern"

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"Clear-cut" Quotes from Famous Books

... is afoot, I, at least, am innocent. I have noticed this since boyhood, the phenomenon being most conspicuous when I was least deserving; whereas, with Alb, it is the other way round. His darkly handsome face, with its severely clear-cut features, his black hair and brows, his somber eyes, are the legitimate qualifications of the stage villain. Even the well-known cigarette is seldom lacking; therefore, if I wished for revenge, I have often had it. When I am to blame for anything, Alb ...

— The Chauffeur and the Chaperon • C. N. Williamson

... expressions embody those varying attitudes of mind which the child may successively assume in any critical experience of its young life. The clear-cut profile of the lower face at the left suggests the face of the child in the Age of Innocence who first confronts the problem of life. The one just above has the thoughtful poise of the little girl Simplicity, pondering ...

— Child-life in Art • Estelle M. Hurll

... resigned himself, "that if Melisande were still spared to us in the flesh, she really would have talked this way, except that she would have used a few more dots. But one is an idealist. One is jarred. If you could recite, in your soft, clear-cut voice that is so admirably adapted for poetry, a few stanzas ...

— The Wishing-Ring Man • Margaret Widdemer

... highborn English woman has pale blue eyes, a fine complexion and a clear-cut, rather expressionless face with a profile suggestive of the portraits seen on English postage stamps of the early Victorian period; but in the arranging of her hair any French shopgirl could give her lessons, and any smart American woman could teach her a lot about the ...

— Europe Revised • Irvin S. Cobb

... to and fro, And clear-cut crystal's creamy flow, Where vied with velvet Veuve Clicquot, ...

— By-ways in Book-land - Short Essays on Literary Subjects • William Davenport Adams

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