chopping up
Dividing into pieces
Chopping up is cutting something into pieces, usually with a knife or blade: She was chopping up vegetables for the stir-fry.
The phrase extends to dividing anything into smaller parts: They're chopping up the project into manageable tasks.
In music production, chopping up means slicing audio samples to rearrange or remix them.
Cutting into cubes
- mincingAffectedly delicate in manner
- slicingCutting into portions
- julienningCutting into matchsticks
- cubingRaising to third power
shredding · carving · filleting · paring · peeling · grating · zesting · quartering
Barrier separating spaces
- segmentationDivision into sections
- subdivisionPortion of something larger
- fragmentationBreaking into smaller pieces
- splittingDividing into parts
sectioning · severing · cleaving · bifurcation · dissection · apportionment · parceling · breaking down
Dividing via sharp edge
- trimmingCutting away excess
- splicingConnecting by interweaving ends
- rearrangingAltering the configuration
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
condensing · abridging · revising · reworking · reordering · sequencing · montage · rough cut
Deliberate structural destruction
- wreckingDestroying completely
- dismantlingTaking apart systematically
- tearing apartForcibly separating into pieces
- smashingBritish slang for excellent
breaking up · obliterating · razing · pulverizing · shattering · decimating · ruining · vandalism
dicing
Cutting into cubes
- mincingAffectedly delicate in manner
- slicingCutting into portions
- julienningCutting into matchsticks
cubing · shredding · carving · filleting · paring · peeling · grating · zesting · quartering · halving
partition
Barrier separating spaces
- segmentationDivision into sections
- subdivisionPortion of something larger
- fragmentationBreaking into smaller pieces
splitting · sectioning · severing · cleaving · bifurcation · dissection · apportionment · parceling · breaking down · portioning
cutting
Dividing via sharp edge
- trimmingCutting away excess
- splicingConnecting by interweaving ends
- rearrangingAltering the configuration
restructuring · condensing · abridging · revising · reworking · reordering · sequencing · montage · rough cut · final cut
demolition
Deliberate structural destruction
- wreckingDestroying completely
- dismantlingTaking apart systematically
- tearing apartForcibly separating into pieces
smashing · breaking up · obliterating · razing · pulverizing · shattering · decimating · ruining · vandalism · havoc
chopping upassembling
Fitting parts together
putting together · combining · joining · merging · fusing
chopping upassembling
Fitting parts together
synthesizing · constructing · building · building up · reconstructing