lopped off
Trimmed and removed
Lopped off means cut away, typically with a single stroke.
Branches are lopped off trees, heads lopped off in executions.
The phrase emphasizes swift, decisive removal: The editor lopped off the final chapter.
Something lopped off is severed cleanly rather than torn or gradually worn away.
- prunedCut away excess growth
- clippedCut or trimmed briefly
- hacked awayCut repeatedly with force
- shearedHad fleece removed
- severedCut off completely
chopped · dehorned · amputated · cleaved · pared · curtailed · cut short · eliminated · excised · decapitated · trimmed · cut back · hacked · reduced · dismembered · sliced · abolished · stripped