cutting off

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cutting off - the act of cutting something off abscissionremotion, removal - the act of removing; "he had surgery for the removal of a malignancy"circumcision - the act of circumcising; surgical removal of the foreskin of males
	2.	cutting off - the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends; "the barber gave him a good cut"cutting, cutshortening - act of decreasing in length; "the dress needs shortening"snip, clipping, clip - the act of clipping or snippinghaircut - the act of cutting the hairclipping, trimming, trim - cutting down to the desired size or shapeshearing - removing by cutting off or clipping