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[ verb ] remove by or as if by cutting

Synonyms

cut_off chop_off

Examples

"cut off the ear" "lop off the dead branch"

Used in print

(James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)

Instead of quelling the dissension , as many captains of the era would have done ( Sir_Francis_Drake lopped a man 's head off under similar circumstances ) , Hudson decided to be reasonable .

Related terms

detach abscise

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