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cắt; giết; cắt bỏ

ennovel; original; new; innovative

ento cut off and throw away · to abandon; to disregard; to discard; to throw to the wolves

ensharpness; cutting ability · quickness (of wit); incisiveness; technical proficiency; skill

encutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; treating as sword fodder · omission; rounding down (e.g. fractions); truncation

ento fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge · to behead

enassassination; assassin

ento cut down; to prune; to reduce; to cut and hang down; to cut shorter · to round down (e.g. fraction)

ento cut downward; to slash downward

ento cut open (a tied bundle); to release (prisoners)

ento cross swords (with)

ento attack and scatter; to argue vehemently

encrossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)

ento hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince

ento cut deep into · to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to raid; to attack

ento kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword

ento cut down all; to slash promiscuously

enfighting to the death (with swords)

ento cut down; to chop down; to fell

ento cut to pieces

ento slay; to cut down (a foe)

ento clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off

ento hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)

ento cut at; to slash at

encutting; tearing off; cutting off; clipping · cutting (for a railroad, highway, etc.); cut

enslashing (with the blade pressed against the object) · mowing down (the enemy); cutting down (one after the other)

endecapitation; beheading · firings; dismissals; layoffs; downsizing

endecapitation · decapitated head

enhorizontal cut (esp. fish, plant, etc.) · horizontal cut across the torso (sword technique)

encut; notch · raid; attack

entrying out a new sword or blade (originally on someone, but now on soaked straw targets)

enkilling with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); slaying; putting to the sword

ennovel; unconventional; cutting-edge

en(execution by) decapitation

enhacking to pieces

enattacking a passerby with a sword (to test its sharpness or one's skill); samurai who tries out his sword on a passerby

ento fight with swords; to cross swords

ento slash back · to strike back; to counterattack

ento assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at

enzanbatō; long-handled Chinese anti-cavalry sword