chopped

[chopt] / tʃɒpt /

VERB

cut up with tool

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cleave cube divide hack mince slash whack

STRONG

axe clip dice fell fragment hackle hash hew lop mangle sever shear truncate

Antonyms

STRONGEST

join unite

STRONG

lengthen

Example Sentences

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But somehow we got the position small, we chopped wood.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

June of that year recorded a bearish dark cloud cover candle, and from there, the price was chopped in half, ultimately bottoming in the mid $50s early last year.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

Mixing chopped garlic with olive oil also maintains its natural hue.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

One of the two men who chopped down the Sycamore Gap tree has been released early from prison.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

When all had been chopped off he disposed of the one that was immortal by burying it securely under a great rock.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton