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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are chopped off" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that has been cut or removed, often referring to parts of an object or text.
Example: "The ends of the branches are chopped off to promote new growth."
Alternatives: "are cut off" or "are severed".
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Toes are chopped off; severed fingers fly through the air.
As a result, many song or album names are chopped off, abbreviated by ellipses.
You can't send messages longer than about a paragraph, and incoming messages are chopped off at that length.
Hands are chopped off; women are kidnapped in negligees and locked in corporate bathrooms high up in office buildings in Manhattan.
(In "Der Struwwelpeter," the most famous German children's book of that era, a character's thumbs are chopped off because he won't stop sucking them).
His limbs are chopped off, one by one, and replaced with prosthetic ones of tin, until, in his end state, he is made entirely of tin, and incapable of love.
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"They are chopping off heads.
Look, we have people that are chopping off heads and drowning people in steel cages and we're not allowed to waterboard".
"He was found killed and his head was chopped off".
Like, "both of his arms have been chopped off" bad.
His head is to be chopped off by an executioner wielding a long, curved sword.
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