chainsawed
Cut with motor
Chainsawed is the past tense of chainsaw, meaning to cut with a chainsaw—a portable power saw with teeth on a revolving chain.
The word often appears in contexts of tree removal or disaster cleanup: We chainsawed the fallen oak into manageable pieces.
Figuratively, it can suggest violent or crude cutting: The editor chainsawed the manuscript.
Cut down, as timber
- loggedOfficially recorded information
- timberWood for construction
- clearcutUnambiguous and definite
- lumberjackProfessional tree cutter
sawmill · stumpage · bucking · limbing · harvested · thinned · topped · windfall
Cut off completely
- slicedDivided by cutting
- hackedGained unauthorized access
- dismemberedHad limbs cut off
- choppedCut into pieces
lopped · sectioned · truncated · bisected · quartered · felled · bucked · limbed
Completely destroyed a structure
- shreddedTorn into strips
- mangledSeverely disfigured or ruined
- mutilatedDamaged by severing parts
- obliteratedUtterly and completely destroyed
ravaged · wrecked · shattered · devastated · ruined · annihilated · pulverized · massacred
Making prolonged loud noise
- buzzingLow vibrating hum
- snarlingVocalized hostile warning
- screamingLoud, shrill vocalizing
- whiningProlonged nasal complaining
grinding · revving · deafening · earsplitting · thunderous · rumbling · rattling · two-stroke
felled
Cut down, as timber
lumberjack · sawmill · stumpage · bucking · limbing · harvested · thinned · topped · windfall · deadfall
severed
Cut off completely
- slicedDivided by cutting
- hackedGained unauthorized access
- dismemberedHad limbs cut off
chopped · lopped · sectioned · truncated · bisected · quartered · felled · bucked · limbed · crosscut
demolished
Completely destroyed a structure
obliterated · ravaged · wrecked · shattered · devastated · ruined · annihilated · pulverized · massacred · butchered
roaring
Making prolonged loud noise
whining · grinding · revving · deafening · earsplitting · thunderous · rumbling · rattling · two-stroke · loud
gas-powered
Driven by combustible fuel
Husqvarna · two-stroke · kickback · bar · blade · throttle · chaps · helmet · oiled · sharpened
- Texas Chainsaw MassacreSlasher horror franchise
- electric chainsawPlug-in timber cutter
- chainsaw artSculptures carved with logging tool
- Texas ChainsawSlasher film franchise name
- gas chainsawFuel-burning toothed wood cutter
- chainsaw carvingShaping wood with toothed motor