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clear-cut adjective [ klɪəˈkʌt ]

• sharply defined; easy to perceive or understand.
• "we now had a clear-cut objective"
Similar: definite, distinct, clear, well defined, sharply defined, precise, specific, explicit, unambiguous, black and white, hard and fast, unequivocal, straightforward, striking, obvious, marked, decided, sharp, crisp, stark, cut and dried,
Opposite: blurred, indistinct, vague,
• (of an area) from which every tree has been cut down and removed.
• "clear-cut forests are unappealing for recreation"

clear-cut verb

• cut down and remove every tree from (an area).
• "colonizers clear-cut large jungle tracts"


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