chop up

Slice into pieces

To chop up is to cut something into pieces, usually with a blade: Chop up the onions and add them to the pan.

The phrase emphasizes division into multiple parts rather than a single cut.

Figuratively, to chop up can mean to divide or segment: The meeting got chopped up by constant interruptions.

cooking

dice

Marked cubes for chance

  • minceCut into fragments
  • cubeSix-squared-faced solid
  • slicePortion cut off

cutting board · knife · vegetables · onions · garlic · carrots · celery · peppers · ginger · herbs

destroy

demolish

Destroy completely

  • smashBreak violently apart
  • wreckDestroyed vessel or vehicle
  • shatterFragment violently, suddenly

fragment · splinter · dismantle · break apart · tear apart · ruin · devastate · pulverize · obliterate · vandalize

firewood

logs

Cut wood sections

  • kindlingMaterial for starting fires
  • axeBladed tool for chopping
  • hatchetSmall one-handed chopper

splitting · woodpile · cordwood · stump · maul · wedge · timber · fuel

dissect

analyze

Study by breaking down

specimen · cadaver · scalpel · incision · forensic · pathology · biopsy · sectioning · vivisection · necropsy

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division/fragmentation

chop upassemble

Join parts together

combine · put together · join · piece together · reassemble

structural integrity

chop uppreserve

Protect from loss

maintain · mend · repair · restore

Family

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