chop up

• Partikelverb, das bedeutet, etwas – besonders Lebensmittel – mit einem Messer oder einem anderen Werkzeug in kleine Stücke zu schneiden.

A phrasal verb meaning to cut something into small pieces, especially food, using a knife or other tool.

unzählbar · transitiv · Phrasal, trennbar

1. Cut into piecesinformal

   To cut something into smaller pieces, usually with a knife or other sharp tool.

   Zerkleinern

   • She chopped up the vegetables for the salad.
   • He chopped up the wood for the fireplace.
   • The chef chopped up the herbs finely.

   Synonymechopcut upminceslice

2. Destroy or damageinformal

   To damage or destroy something by cutting or hitting it repeatedly.

   Zerstören oder beschädigen

   • The storm chopped up the garden furniture.
   • He chopped up the old documents with a shredder.
   • The vandals chopped up the sign with an axe.

   Synonymebutchercut uphackmanglemaulshredslash

   Antonymefixmendreconstructrepairrestore

Grundverbchop