disbranch

American

[dis-branch, -brahnch] / dɪsˈbræntʃ, -ˈbrɑntʃ /

verb (used with object)

to break or cut (a branch) off a tree or shrub.
to detach a branch from (a tree or shrub).

disbranch British

/ dɪsˈbrɑːntʃ /

verb

(tr) to remove or cut a branch or branches from (a tree)

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I fear your disposition: That nature which contemns it origin Cannot be bordered certain in itself; She that herself will sliver and disbranch From her material sap, perforce must wither And come to deadly use.

From King Lear by Shakespeare, William

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