Break and Chop

Break

Break verb - To cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly.

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Chop and break are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Chop" instead a verb "Break".

Nearby Words: breach, breakdown, breaking, breakup, breakable

Chop verb - To cut into small pieces.

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Break and chop are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Break" instead the word "Chop" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: choppy, chopped, chopper, chopping

people	break people	chop people
hand	break hand	chop hand
way	break way	chop way
leg	break leg	chop leg
Other words: armor, legs, times, fingers, shields.

Parodied in Investigation Held By Kolobki, where one of the protagonists, Colleague, uses a karate chop to break a pack of maccaroni in half.

Source: Brick Break
Perrin only manages to break his Shaido prisoner in the ninth book by chopping off one of his hands and threatening to chop off his other hand and his feet and leave him like that.

Source: Too Kinky to Torture
The only way to stop an Eternal is to break their bones or chop off their arms and legs.

Source: Our Vampires Are Different / Tabletop Games

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