lop+off
41chop something off — Syn: cut off, sever, lop, shear …
42amputate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. sever, cut or hack off. See disjunction, deduction. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. cut off, sever, operate on, eliminate, cut away, separate, excise, dismember, remove, lop off, truncate. III (Roget s 3… …
43abridge — v 1. shorten, contract, cut down, abbreviate, condense, compress, concentrate; abstract, summarize, brief, synopsize, digest, epitomize. 2. reduce, retrench, decrease, diminish, lessen, shrink, narrow, bridge, subtract, subduct, curtail; truncate …
44retrench — v 1. reduce, decrease, diminish, subtract, subduct, lessen, shorten, contract, cut, cut down, cut short, cut back, abridge, abbreviate, narrow, shrink, compress, Obs. breviate, dock, crop, clip, shear, trim, prune, pare down, shave, nip; curtail …
45cut — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. incise, carve, dissect, slice, shave, trim, shape; separate, divide, split, sever; abridge, shorten, diminish, reduce, curtail; hurt, sting, wound, snub, ignore; reap, gather. See disjunction,… …
46defalcate — v. a. [Applied especially to public accounts, estimates, etc.] Lop, lop off, cut off, deduct a part of, retrench, curtail, reduce, abate, deduct from …
47drib — v. a. 1. Crop, lop, cut off, lop off (little by little). 2. Purloin, appropriate in driblets, cabbage, crib. 3. Entice, allure, decoy, coax, wheedle …
48truncate — v. a. Lop, maim, lop off, cut off …
49retrench — I. v. a. 1. Curtail, cut, lop, dock, prune, pare, clip, cut short, cut off, lop off. 2. Diminish, lessen, decrease, abridge, curtail. 3. Confine, limit. 4. Deprive of, mutilate. II. v. n. 1. Economize. 2. Encr …
50amputate — v cut off, sever, lop, lop off, clip, trim, prune; cut away, remove, excise; disjoint, mutilate, dismember, separate …
