chop sth down
— phrasal verb with chop uk/tʃɒp/us/tʃɑːp/verb [ T ] -pp-
C2 to cut through something to make it fall down:
Most of the diseased trees were chopped down last year.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Cutting and stabbing
- abrasion
- bayonet
- carve
- carving
- chisel
- coppice
- cut sth down
- lance
- mow
- nick
- notch
- prune
- saw sth down
- scratch
- slash
- slice
- spike
- trim
- whittle
- woodcarving
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