cut up

cut up
    adj 1: cut into pieces
    v 1: cut to pieces; "Father carved the ham" [syn: {carve}, {cut
         up}]
    2: destroy or injure severely; "The madman mutilates art work"
       [syn: {mutilate}, {mangle}, {cut up}]
    3: separate into isolated compartments or categories; "You
       cannot compartmentalize your life like this!" [syn:
       {compartmentalize}, {compartmentalise}, {cut up}]
    4: significantly cut up a manuscript [syn: {hack}, {cut up}]
    

143 Moby Thesaurus words for "cut up":
      act up, afflict, aggrieve, anguish, antic, apportion,
      barb the dart, behave ill, break down, bring to tears, broken-down,
      brokenhearted, bruise, caper, caracole, carp, carry on, carve,
      carve up, catch at straws, cavil, cavort, censure, clown, condemn,
      crush, crushed, curvet, cut, cut a dido, cut capers, cut up rough,
      dance, deep-troubled, denounce, desolate, desolated, disconsolate,
      disport, district, divide, divide into shares, divide up,
      divide with, divvy, divvy up, draw tears, embitter, fault-find,
      find fault, flounce, fool around, frisk, frolic, gambol,
      get into mischief, go on, grieve, heart-stricken, heart-struck,
      heartbroken, heartsick, hell around, horse, horse around,
      horseplay, hurt, hurt the feelings, inundate, inundated, knock,
      maffick, misbehave, misdemean, miserable, nitpick, oppress,
      overcome, overwhelm, overwhelmed, pain, pan, parcel, parcel out,
      part, partition, pettifog, pick holes, pick to pieces, pierce,
      play, play the fool, portion, prick, prostrate, pull apart,
      pull to pieces, quibble, raise Cain, raise hell, raise sand,
      raise the deuce, raise the devil, raise the roof, rap, reprehend,
      reprobate, rollick, romp, roughhouse, section, segment, share,
      share out, share with, show off, skin, skip, slice, slice the pie,
      slice up, sorrow, split, split up, sport, stab, sting, stricken,
      subdivide, suicidal, take exception, tear apart, tear to pieces,
      torment, trip, twist the knife, undone, whoop it up, woebegone,
      woeful, wound, wretched, zone