Verb
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remove surgically
"amputate limbs"
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break a small piece off from
"chip the glass"
"chip a tooth"
- break off -
cut off and stop
"The bicyclist was cut out by the van"
- cut out -
remove by or as if by cutting
"cut off the ear"
"lop off the dead branch"
- chop off - lop off -
cease, stop
"cut the noise"
"We had to cut short the conversation"
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make a break in
"We interrupt the program for the following messages"
- break up
Adjective
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detached by cutting
"cut flowers"
"a severed head"
"an old tale of Anne Bolyn walking the castle walls with her poor cut-off head under her arm"