Definition of "lopping" []

• Present participle of lop. (verb)
• The cutting off of branches, etc. (noun)
• That which is cut off; leavings. (noun)

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• "At this date 'the general sense of the Irish people' was, to Mr. Gladstone's mind, the policy formulated by the Irish Episcopacy, the scheme which at a later stage of the campaign in the following year he described as the lopping off the three branches of the Upas tree of"
• "She also rejected the notion of lopping several weeks off the calendar."
• "Associated human impacts such as lopping and cutting of vegetation for fuelwood, setting fires to create grazing lands, and settlements also contribute to habitat degradation."