lop off

A few scenes have been lopped off entirely.

In his Newsnight interview, Lowe said of Farage's "brutal" leadership style "If people become, if you like, too tall a poppy, he tends to lop off the head of the poppy".

The fruits of all that research have been blithely and abruptly lopped off the vine.

“Hood” — the name of a British admiral at a time American relations with that empire were less than amicable — could also be lopped off for a new title and name.

The Lakers are that rare family operation that continually lops off the head of the family for the sake of one of the whining kids.