5
hew(verb, cut, divide, curtail, sweep)
5
stretch(verb, remove, draw, pick, tear)
5
tear to pieces(expression, idiom)
5
wrest(verb, break, take, cut, separate)
4
amputate(verb, cut, separate, divide, curtail)
4
chip(cut, divide, curtail, sever, carve)
4
chop(verb, break, part, cut, separate)
4
claw(verb, break, cut, separate, crack)
4
cut in two(verb, expression, idiom, break, part)
4
detach(verb, break, part, cut, separate)
4
dissociate(verb, break, part, cut, separate)
4
divorce(verb, break, part, cut, separate)
4
excise(verb, separate, dissociate)
4
hurt
4
make mincemeat of(verb, expression, idiom, separate, crush)
4
pare(verb, separate)
4
pull to pieces(verb, expression, idiom, separate, crush)
4
run(verb, break, help, cut, separate)
4
saw(cut, divide, curtail, sever, carve)
4
scissor(verb, cut, separate, divide, curtail)
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