chop off

“I had spent all weekend going through yellowed newspapers and 1920s copies of The Saturday Evening Post and The Delineator, trudging upstream to the beginnings of the fad of hair-bobbing, looking for what had caused every woman in America to suddenly chop off her "crowning glory," despite social pressure, threatening sermons, and four thousand years of long hair.”

Futures Imperfect

“Page 34 claim for admittance, "Goliad" and "The Alamo" will not constitute better passport to the sympathetic old janitor, who upon a generous impulse could chop off an ear, than will psalmody, unsupported by regard for the rights of others?”

Recollections and reflections : an auto of half a century and more,

“Try to get there without being shot at, move into fire positions, chop off anything trying to get through from the east and then let the Ruskies come at you.”

First Clash