[1] : WordNet (r) 2.0

cut down
     adj : cut down; "the tree is down" syn: cut, down
     v 1: cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat
          intake"; "the employer wants to cut back health
          benefits" syn: reduce, cut back, trim, trim down,
           trim back, cut, bring down
     2: cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete syn: slash
     3: cause to come or go down; "the policeman downed the heavily
        armed suspect"; "the mugger knocked down the old lady
        after she refused to hand over her wallet" syn: down, knock
        down, push down, pull down
     4: intercept a player syn: cut out
     5: cut with a blade or mower; "mow the grass" syn: mow
     6: cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down
        a tree"; "lightning struck down the hikers" syn: fell,
        drop, strike down
see also:
cut down reduce cut back trim trim down 
trim back bring down slash knock down push down 
pull down cut out mow fell drop 
strike down 

[2] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

178 moby thesaurus words for "cut down":
   abbreviate, abridge, abstract, annihilate, beat down,
   bereave of life, blow down, blow over, blow to pieces, blow up,
   bob, boil down, bowl down, bowl over, brain, break down,
   bring down, bulldog, bulldoze, burn down, burn to death, capsulize,
   carry away, carry off, cast down, chloroform, chop down, clip,
   compress, condense, contract, crop, curtail, curtail expenses, cut,
   cut back, cut corners, cut off, cut off short, cut short,
   cut to pieces, damp, dampen, dash down, deal a deathblow, deck,
   decrease, deduct, deflate, depreciate, depress, deprive of life,
   destroy, diminish, disintegrate, dispatch, dispose of,
   do away with, do for, do to death, dock, down, downgrade, drop,
   elide, end, epitomize, execute, exterminate, fell, fetch down,
   finish, finish off, flatten, floor, foreshorten, frag,
   give the quietus, ground, gun down, hew down, immolate, incinerate,
   jugulate, kill, knock down, knock over, lapidate,
   launch into eternity, lay level, lay low, lay out, lessen, level,
   liquidate, lower, lynch, make away with, mark down, martyr,
   martyrize, mow, mow down, nip, pare, pare down expenses, pistol,
   poison, poleax, poll, pollard, precipitate, prostrate, prune,
   pull down, purge, put away, put down, put to death, put to sleep,
   rase, raze, reap, recap, recapitulate, reduce, remove from life,
   retrench, riddle, roll back, sacrifice, scale down, send headlong,
   shave, shear, shoot, shoot down, shoot to death, shorten, shotgun,
   silence, simplify, slash, slay, slow down, smash, snub,
   spread-eagle, stab to death, starve, steamroller, step down, stone,
   stone to death, strike dead, stunt, sum up, summarize, supinate,
   synopsize, take a reef, take down, take from, take in, take life,
   take off, tear down, telescope, throw, throw down, topple, trim,
   trip, truncate, tumble, tune down, vaporize, whack down

Brush Down >> B Words
Brush Down, definition of term: Brush Down
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Burn Down >> B Words
Burn Down, definition of term: Burn Down
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Calm Down >> C Words
Calm Down, definition of term: Calm Down
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Bring Down >> B Words
Bring Down, definition of term: Bring Down
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Break Down >> B Words
Break Down, definition of term: Break Down
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Belt Down >> B Words
Belt Down, definition of term: Belt Down
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Boil Down >> B Words
Boil Down, definition of term: Boil Down
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Bow Down >> B Words
Bow Down, definition of term: Bow Down
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Back Down >> B Words
Back Down, definition of term: Back Down
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