VERB: "to cut or cut off with or as if with shears or scissors" Crossword Clue

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VERB: "to cut or cut off with or as if with shears or scissors" Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
2. sever or remove by pinching or snipping
(noun)
1. a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
2. the act of clipping or snipping

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SHEARS (noun)
1. large scissors with strong blades
SCISSORS (noun)
1. a wrestling hold in which you wrap your legs around the opponents body or head and put your feet together and squeeze
2. an edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades

Hint 3: Anagram

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NIPS

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