godan verb (-ru), transitive verb
cut off; cut out; excise; amputate
Broadly used for physically cutting something away from a larger whole, including body parts, paper, fabric, or abstract things like scenes or time.
新聞から記事を切り取った。
I cut out an article from the newspaper.
医者は患
The doctor had to amputate the patient's leg.
彼はその場面をビデオから切り取って編集した。
He cut that scene from the video and edited it.