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Meaning of Chopping | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard

Definitions

The action by which something is chopped; the act of assailing something with chops.

Equivalents

العربية التقطيع
Ελληνικά κοπή
Suomi hakkaus halkominen halonta paloitteleminen paloittelu pilkkominen pilkonta

Examples

“As soon as this danger was appreciated there followed a nervous smashing and chopping of triffids everywhere, until it occurred to someone that all that was necessary to make⟳ them harmless was the removal of the actual stinging weapon.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

chopping and changing chopping block chopping board chopping mill chopping stump chopping-board

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