chop off
phrasal verb
chopped off; chopping off; chops off
: to remove (something) by cutting
She'd had her ponytail chopped off.
He took an axe and chopped the low branch off the tree.
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The conquistadors raped Indigenous women, chopped off Indians’ hands, used swords as spits to roast Indian babies over fires as their mothers watched.
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2025
With it, Jeep has taken a four-door Rubicon and chopped off the back half of the cabin to make the bed even bigger and added several pieces of custom hardware, including new front bumper and a roll bar with a four-light array.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2025
Every indicator is that my head will be chopped off sooner or later.
—Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2025
Faced with a choice of doing the right thing or keeping Palpatine alive to save Padmé, Anakin chops off Windu's arm, opening the door (okay, window) for the Emperor-in-waiting to zap the Jedi Master to his death.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2025
With it, Jeep has taken a four-door Rubicon and chopped off the back half of the cabin to make the bed even bigger and added several pieces of custom hardware, including new front bumper and a roll bar with a four-light array.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2025
Every indicator is that my head will be chopped off sooner or later.
—Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2025
Faced with a choice of doing the right thing or keeping Palpatine alive to save Padmé, Anakin chops off Windu's arm, opening the door (okay, window) for the Emperor-in-waiting to zap the Jedi Master to his death.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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“Chop off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chop%20off. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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