The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word LOPPING which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2012.
Cutting off crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LOPPING | 100 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Cutting off
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- abscission
- cut
- cutting
- cutting out
- cut off
- chop off
- cut away
- severing
- cut out
- cut down
- amputating
- removing
Crossword Answer definitions
LOPPING verb- (usually with off) To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone.
- To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side.
- To allow to hang down.
- The cutting off of branches, etc.
- That which is cut off; leavings.
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