Synonyms and related words :
amputate, ax, bisect, butcher, carve, chop, cleave, cut, cut away, cut in two, cut off, dichotomize, dissever, excise, fissure, gash, hack, halve, hew, incise, jigsaw, lance, pare, prune, rend, rive, saw, sever, slash, slice, slit, snip, split, sunder, tear, whittle