CUTTING OFF

• (noun) the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends

  "the barber gave him a good cut"

  synonyms : cut , cutting

• (noun) the act of cutting something off

  synonyms : abscission

  His toe was so much affected by the infection that the doctors resorted to an abscission. -added by naila_inlas

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