chop down
phrasal verb
chopped down; chopping down; chops down
: to cut (a tree, bush, etc.) at the bottom so that it falls to the ground
He chopped the tree down.
She chopped down some thick grape vines.
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Large trees of the kind chopped down in Canada act as wind buffers, according to DellaSala.
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Tom Brown, Wired News, 14 June 2025
In a forest of southern Poland, a team of workers chopped down trees and hauled away bushes to clear a path for a new road.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 13 June 2025
Tourists stripped the bark off birch trees, broke off pieces of Arch Rock and Sugar Loaf to take home as souvenirs, chopped down trees, and let their cattle run wild.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 June 2025
It will be chopped down and turned into an art piece by a former Villa Aurora fellow to commemorate the Palisades disaster.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2025
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Tom Brown, Wired News, 14 June 2025
In a forest of southern Poland, a team of workers chopped down trees and hauled away bushes to clear a path for a new road.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 13 June 2025
Tourists stripped the bark off birch trees, broke off pieces of Arch Rock and Sugar Loaf to take home as souvenirs, chopped down trees, and let their cattle run wild.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 June 2025
It will be chopped down and turned into an art piece by a former Villa Aurora fellow to commemorate the Palisades disaster.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2025
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“Chop down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chop%20down. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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