lop off

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lop off - remove by or as if by cutting; "cut off the ear"; "lop off the dead branch"

chop off, cut off

abscise - remove or separate by abscission

roach - cut the mane off (a horse)

come away, come off, detach - come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"

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The proposal to lop off four zeros would have made the dollar cost 3.90 rials.

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Hall insisted he would not "lop off " TV channels without consideration but would make tough final decisions about cuts by Christmas.

BYE-BYE TO CBEEBIES? News 24, CBBC and BBC4 also face axe in bid to save PS150m

was inspired by her cousin's cancer battle to lop off o her cousin's cancer battle to lop 17 inches so it can be made into a wig for sick youngsters.

MOLLY IS A HAIR-O FOR CANCER KIDS; Girl cuts off locks to make special wigs

When I wanted to lop off some low branches on a humble sycamore tree, I had to submit a plan, wait for permission and then engage a tree surgeon to do the work.

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LUSAKA -- Zambians on Tuesday woke up to a new year and new bank notes, which lop off three zeros in a bid to address high inflation that made the currency cumbersome to work with.

Zambia starts new year with new look currency

They reasoned that various strains of anaerobic bacteria that can remove chlorine atoms from chemicals might also lop off bromines to detoxify the PBDEs.

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Graham Parry, defending, explained Egan was painting a house and agreed to help when asked if he could lop off branches.

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I would lop off the weaker shoot and not worry about any stem crook at that point.

Tree doctor Howard Burnett

When you lop off coarse hair with a razor, it sometimes tends to curl and penetrate into the skin as it grows.

Sun kissed: freckles--I hate them! Mine are dark and stand out on my light skin. Help!

After landing a job as nanny to skipper Conrad Gates's child, she plots to find the attacker and lop off his manhood.