Cut
Cut verb - To penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife).
Saw off
Both terms in one sentence
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Ash from the Evil Dead movies becomes a Badass when he cut off his own demon-possessed hand with a chainsaw, then mounts the chainsaw to the stump and uses it to saw off a shotgun for his other hand.
Source: Handicapped Badass -
One sketch on The Benny Hill Show had a character cut down a tree so he could saw off one branch to use as a sign post.
Source: Trees into Toothpicks -
This also happens when you get the cook fired from the bar, when you cut loose the hotel owner's lizard, when you saw off the pirate's pegleg, when you frame Kate Capsize, and when you steal the barkeep's monkey.
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