1) Adhere 2) Axe 3) Chop 4) Cut 5) Fell 6) Slice 1) Axe a tree 2) Cabinet acronym, once 3) Cabinet department until 1979 4) Cabinet department, 1953-79 5) Carve 6) Carve out 7) Chop 8) Chop branches 9) Chop down 10) Chop down with an ax 11) Chop roughly 12) Chop up 13) Chop with an axe 14) Chop with axe 15) Chop wood 16) Cleave 17) Conform strictly 
• (n.) Destruction by cutting down. • (n.) Hue; color. • (v. t.) To cut in pieces; to chop; to hack. • (n.) Shape; form. • (v. t.) To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; -- often with down, or off. • (v. t.) To form or shape with a sharp instrument; to cut; hence, to form laboriously; -- often with out; as...
Hew noun Destruction by cutting down. [ Obsolete] « Of whom he makes such havoc and such hew .» Spenser. Hew (hū) transitive verb [ imperfect Hewed (hūd); past participle Hewed or Hewn (hūn); present participle & verbal noun Hewing .] [ Anglo-Saxon heáwan ; akin to Dutch 
make by hard work cut (by striking)Â 
[v] - make or shape as with an axe 2. [v] - strike with an axe
acronym: Health, Education, and Welfare
verb make or shape as with an axe; `hew out a path in the rock` verb strike with an axe; cut down, strike; `hew an oak`
make or shape as with an axe[Intelligent words] make or shape as with an axe