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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Lee helped convict a Connecticut airline pilot accused of carving up his stewardess wife with a chainsaw and running the pieces through a wood chipper.
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Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2026
Popular Science Korea took field measurements that day and found that sound pressure exceeded 100 decibels near the venue, which is roughly the volume of a chainsaw.
—Yook Jihun, Popular Science, 26 Mar. 2026
Invasive species can be removed mechanically with chainsaws and digging, or with chemical application.
—Julia James, Dallas Morning News, 26 Mar. 2026
Offerings include an Xbox console with 13 games, a lawnmower, Gucci wallets and belts and nine different varieties of chainsaws.
—Saul Pink, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Mar. 2026
Reynolds ran a tree service at the time, one he’d started a few years after high school, and these were serious problems for someone whose vocation involved wielding a chainsaw.
—Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
The small chainsaws have been a lifesaver.
—Campbell Vaughn, USA Today, 15 Mar. 2026
All afternoon on Strasma North Drive, the constant sounds of chainsaws were heard in a last-ditch effort to get any hanging branches off trees.
—Marissa Sulek, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
In Union City on Saturday, March 7, the purring and wailing of chainsaws was constant.
—Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 7 Mar. 2026
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Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2026
Popular Science Korea took field measurements that day and found that sound pressure exceeded 100 decibels near the venue, which is roughly the volume of a chainsaw.
—Yook Jihun, Popular Science, 26 Mar. 2026
Invasive species can be removed mechanically with chainsaws and digging, or with chemical application.
—Julia James, Dallas Morning News, 26 Mar. 2026
Offerings include an Xbox console with 13 games, a lawnmower, Gucci wallets and belts and nine different varieties of chainsaws.
—Saul Pink, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Mar. 2026
Reynolds ran a tree service at the time, one he’d started a few years after high school, and these were serious problems for someone whose vocation involved wielding a chainsaw.
—Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
The small chainsaws have been a lifesaver.
—Campbell Vaughn, USA Today, 15 Mar. 2026
All afternoon on Strasma North Drive, the constant sounds of chainsaws were heard in a last-ditch effort to get any hanging branches off trees.
—Marissa Sulek, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
In Union City on Saturday, March 7, the purring and wailing of chainsaws was constant.
—Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 7 Mar. 2026
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“Chainsaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chainsaw. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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