Cut off
Cut off verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
Mask
Mask verb - To change the dress or looks of so as to conceal true identity.
Both terms in one sentence
- It was shown once when Moon Knight defeated him and threatened to cut off his face literally but instead decided to just cut his mask off.
Source: The Faceless / Comic Books -
However, upon Hoop asking where the Coroner could have possibly acquired a perfect mask of a total stranger, he replies that he had actually cut off the man's actual face and wore it like a mask.
Source: Latex Perfection - After a few seconds of scuffling with a mysterious ice-wielding enemy, he manages to cut off his opponent's mask and get a look at his face.
Source: Death by Recognition
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