Chop and Shape

Chop

Chop verb - To cut into small pieces.

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

Nearby Words: choppy, chopped, chopper, chopping

Shape verb - To change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation.

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Chop and shape are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Chop" instead a verb "Shape".

Nearby Words: shaped, shapeless, shapely, shaping

people	chop people	shape people
body	chop body	shape body
way	chop way	shape way
size	chop size	shape size
Other words: earth, hair, head, wood, trees, bodies.

The Maka Chop, a purely comedic attack, apparently imitating Death's "Death Chop" which leaves a similar mark, because Death's hands are the same rough shape as a thick book.

Source: Throw the Book at Them
Inigo Skimmer from The Fifth Elephant; among his hidden arsenal is a dagger shaped to fit the shape of the edge of his hand (so he can remove people's heads with nothing more than a karate chop) which emerges from his sleeve when he shrugs his shoulders in a certain way.

Source: Nothing Up My Sleeve

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