Chop
Chop noun - A hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument.
Usage example: delivered a sharp chop to his opponent's neck
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Hook
Hook noun - A hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument.
Usage example: delivered a hard right hook that struck his opponent in the eye
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The ghost story in the second season of Nickelodeon's summer reality show Scaredy Camp involved a female counselor who was so astoundingly clumsy that she somehow managed to chop her own hand off while cooking and had it replaced with a hook.
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An Arm and a Leg: During the double Endbringer attack on São Paulo, Armsmaster (now known as Batman) manages to chop off one of Leviathan's arms with a time-locked grappling hook.
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While a regular spear cannot chop, hammer, or hook like the fancier polearms described below, there's nothing handier for the thrust.
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