transitive. To cut into, cut in pieces; to injure by cutting.

To damage ruinously (a structure, a living organism, a fighting force, etc.) by battery or violent concussion; to damage or destroy by fracture of…

To deface or destroy by cutting or tearing up.

To injure by chipping or taking small pieces out of.

transitive. To render (a thing, esp. a book or other document) imperfect by cutting out or excising a part; to change or destroy part of the…

transitive. To notch the edge of (a tool). dialect.

transitive. To shorten by lopping off a portion (literal and figurative); to cut short, ‘cut down’.

transitive. To make a notch or notches in; to mark with a notch or notches; to indent. Occasionally intransitive with object implied. Also figurative.