to chop off

Examples

• All

• Your hands have been chopped off by farm equipment.

• Your leg is chopped off!

  Head of State (2003)

• Three hours later, five bodies were found on a side road with their heads chopped off.

  Fiction book (1994)

• My aunt got diabetes and they chopped off her feet below her ankles.

  Rich Roll

• I took Dennis's axe and chopped off a little piece of the back of the wagon box for firewood.

  Fiction book (1999)

• The lumberjack swiftly chopped off the large branch with a single swing of his axe.

• She accidentally chopped off the tip of her finger while slicing vegetables in the kitchen.

• To create a more compact design, the engineer had to chop off several inches of the metal frame.

Synonyms

T

to take off

vsto chop off

∞ 1.5

To remove clothes or something from your body

is removal by a sharp striking cut rather than simple taking away

C

to cut off

vsto chop off

• NSFW

190 4.1

To remove something by cutting it away from what it is attached to

is done with a single sharp blow rather than general cutting

S

to sever

vsto chop off

100 5.6

To cut something completely away from a larger thing with a knife or tool

is more about a sharp heavy strike than measured cutting

C

to cut out

vsto chop off

77 3.2

To remove a shape from paper or cloth using scissors

is a sudden physical cutting action, not shaping or editing

B

to break off

vsto chop off

28 2.8

To make a piece come away from something by hitting or bending it

involves cutting removal via a heavy blow rather than simple breaking

T

to tear out

vsto chop off

24 4.8

To pull something out with force

is achieved by a sharp chopping strike rather than pulling effort

T

to tear off

vsto chop off

12 3.0

To pull something off quickly until it rips

is done by cutting with a sharp blow rather than tearing

S

to strip off

vsto chop off

• NSFW

9 3.7

To remove clothes or a cover completely and quickly

is about cutting something off with a sharp blow, not undressing

L

to lop off

vsto chop off

9 4.6

To cut a part from something with one quick move

is usually a heavier blunt strike rather than a neat single cut

S

to snap off

vsto chop off

9 3.5

To break a piece from something with a quick, sharp movement

uses cutting with a sharp blow rather than snapping breakage

C

to cleave

vsto chop off

8 8.0

To cut something in two using a sharp tool like an axe

focuses on a single chopping blow rather than full splitting action

C

to cut away

vsto chop off

5 3.4

To remove a part from something with a knife or tool

is a forceful chopping removal rather than gradual trimming

S

to snip off

vsto chop off

• Informal

2 3.7

To cut a small part off something quickly and neatly with scissors or shears

involves a stronger heavy blow rather than a neat small cut

N

to nip off

vsto chop off

5.1

Cut off small parts by pinching or snipping

is a forceful chopping action rather than delicate pinching

Antonyms

A

to add

∞ 1.0

Include something extra to make something larger or better

A

to attach

459 2.5

To join or fasten one thing to another so they stay together

How Completely Removed

to sever

100 5.6

to chop off

45 3.4

cut off

23 4.4

to cut

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology