to cut down trees or timber

to chop off

to haggle or negotiate with a seller in order to reduce the asking price of a product or service

to attack with a bladed weapon

to decapitate; to behead

Time spent preparing for a task is not wasted and will lead to better results; sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer.

to regard decapitation as no more important than the wind blowing off one's hat (idiom); to show extreme bravery in the face of death

to wound with a blade or hatchet; to slash or gash

to chop down trees; to fell timber

to kill someone by hacking or chopping with a bladed tool, such as a cleaver or an ax

wanton destruction of forested lands