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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Walking in the forest, Doyle and Severson called Missy promiscuous, per the filing, and Doyle grabbed her by the hair and chopped off part of it. —

Emily Palmer, People.com, 3 Nov. 2024 Limbs and digits are chopped off everywhere, blood flows like rivers and countless heads are severed in the heat of battles sometimes taking place in both bright sunshine and pelting rain. —

Richard Kuipers, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024 Children who would arrive at schools, their clothes taken off, their hair that they were told was sacred, chopped off. —

Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 25 Oct. 2024 Somerset tries to chop off George’s hand for fighting in front of the king (yeah, okay, sure), but James intervenes. —

Alice Burton, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for chop off