Sentences:  “But with the whiff and wind of his ____ sword
The unnerved father falls.”  “Poor naked wretches, wheresoe’er you are,
That bide the pelting of this ____ storm.”  The ____ fellow could cause
suffering to a child without the least tinge of remorse.  Such conduct is
unheard of in civilized communities; it is ____, it is ____.  “I must be
____ only to be kind.”

Cry, weep, sob, snivel, whimper, blubber, bawl, squall, howl, wail.

Sentences:  “____ no more, woeful shepherds; ____ no more.” 
The woman covered her face with her hands and ____, while the children
____.  He ____ a forced regret at the death of his uncle, and asked that
the will be read, “Rachel ____ for her children.”  “Rejoice with them that
do rejoice, and ____ with them that ____.”  “I could lie down like a tired
child And ____ away this life of care Which I have borne and yet must
bear.”  “An infant ____ in the night.”  “What’s Hecuba to him or he
to Hecuba That he should ____ for her?” I was disgusted at the sight of
that overgrown boy standing in the corner ____.  “You think I’ll ____; No,
I’ll not ____:  I have full cause of ____, but this heart Shall break into
a hundred thousand flaws Or ere I’ll ____.”

Cut, cleave, hack, haggle, notch, slash, gash, split, chop, hew, lop, prune, reap, mow, clip, shear, trim, dock, crop, shave, whittle, slice, slit, score, lance, carve, bisect, dissect, amputate, detruncate, syncopate.

Sentences:  “I’ll ____ around your heart with my razor, And shoot
you with my shotgun too.”  “O Hamlet! thou hast ____ my heart in twain.”  By
the pressure of his hands he could ____ an apple.  With his new hatchet
George began ____ at the cherry tree.  He carelessly ____ off a branch or
two.  The horses were ____ the rank grass.  An old form of punishment was to
____ the nose of the offender.  The nobleman ordered the groom to ____ the
tails of the carriage horses.  You should ____ your meadows in the summer
and ____ your grapevines in the late fall or early winter.  “Do you,” asked
the barber, “wish your hair ____ or ____?” ____ to the line.  It is painful
to see Dodwell trying to ____ a turkey.  In geometry we learned to ____
angles, in biology to ____ cats.  The bad man in the West ____ his gunstock
each time he shot a tenderfoot.  Betty, will you ____ this cucumber? 
“‘Mark’s way,’ said Mark, and ____ him thro’ the brain.”

Deadly, mortal, fatal, lethal.

Sentences:  He has a ____ disease.  The spirit of Virgil guided Dante
through the ____ shades.  Cyanide of potassium is a ____ poison.  He struck
a ____ blow.

Defeat, subdue, conquer, overcome, vanquish, subjugate, suppress.

Sentences:  Napoleon ____ his enemies in many battles, but he was
not able to ____ them.  The new governor general ____ the uprising.  He was
____ in the election.  Caesar ____ many countries and made them swear
allegiance to Rome.  “Who ____ by force Hath ____ but half his foe.”  The
militia ____ the rioters.

Deny, contravene, controvert, refute, confute.