branches off
Example Sentences
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Men hacked loose branches off trees and piled them to be taken away, for fear they would become projectiles capable of claiming life or limb.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2025
In such a tree, a root branches off to so-called child nodes that are connected by edges.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2024
“I ended up cutting the branches off to get him to leave,” said Gonzalez, 61.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2024
Cut any dead branches off, and prune to shape it.
From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2022
Some prisoners used small axes to hack the branches off logged trees, while others stacked wood.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
