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abhacken

to chop off, to hack off

ab away/off; separation or completion + hack hack into + en Infinitive
verb Rare #41,761
to chop off, to hack off Often used for cutting off a body part or a thick branch.
GE: Ich muss den Ast abhacken.
EN: I have to chop off the branch.

Er hat gewusst, dass ich Park Chol-ung die Hand abhacken wollte.

He knew that I wanted to cut off Park Chol-ung's hand.

— Oldboy (2003)

Nichts abhacken.

Don’t chop anything off.

— Der englische Patient (1996)

Ich werde dir die Hand abhacken.

I'm going to chop off your hand.

— Oldboy (2003)

Ich muß ihn abhacken.

I have to chop him off.

— GoodFellas (1990)