chop off
Intermediate (B1) neutral
To cut something off completely, usually with one strong hit — like cutting off a branch with an axe
"The surgeon had no choice but to chop off the infected finger to stop the spread of gangrene."
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Murad boasts that he will chop off
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Chop off your unit and just keep everything
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Here comes a chopper to chop off your head.
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suggesting that this actually could chop off 4.3%
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But that is the first one I would chop off.