variants
or less commonly chain saw
plural chainsaws also chain saws
: a portable power tool used for cutting that has sharp teeth linked together to form a continuous chain
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And if the dry year continues, land managers will also ban chainsaws and charcoal grills or even close public lands altogether.
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Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 15 Apr. 2026
To close on Pizza Movie, if your worst nightmare was to chase after you with a chainsaw, what would it be visually represented as?
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2026
While the film’s plot has been kept under wraps up until this point, a trailer unveiled today, exclusively for those at the studio’s CinemaCon panel in Las Vegas if full of living dead, chainsaws, plenty of blood, fingers hacked off.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 14 Apr. 2026
Police from across the state of Western Australia were called in to help with the search, with rescuers using chainsaws to reach the woman.
—Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
Large sugar pines and ponderosa pines that died during droughts are also removed with chainsaws.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2026
No chainsaws, power tools or saws.
—Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
The Gamba family spent hours clearing debris from their property, working late into the night with chainsaws and hand tools.
—Abby Dodge, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
Some joke the best way to prune Bradford pears is with a chainsaw — cut at a horizontal angle flush with the ground.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 1 Apr. 2026
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Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 15 Apr. 2026
To close on Pizza Movie, if your worst nightmare was to chase after you with a chainsaw, what would it be visually represented as?
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2026
While the film’s plot has been kept under wraps up until this point, a trailer unveiled today, exclusively for those at the studio’s CinemaCon panel in Las Vegas if full of living dead, chainsaws, plenty of blood, fingers hacked off.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 14 Apr. 2026
Police from across the state of Western Australia were called in to help with the search, with rescuers using chainsaws to reach the woman.
—Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
Large sugar pines and ponderosa pines that died during droughts are also removed with chainsaws.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2026
No chainsaws, power tools or saws.
—Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
The Gamba family spent hours clearing debris from their property, working late into the night with chainsaws and hand tools.
—Abby Dodge, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
Some joke the best way to prune Bradford pears is with a chainsaw — cut at a horizontal angle flush with the ground.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 1 Apr. 2026
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“Chainsaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chainsaw. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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