切きり枯からす

godan verb (-su)

destroy by cutting; kill off (trees)

Used specifically for killing trees or plants by cutting them down or cutting into them. The verb implies deliberate destruction through cutting.

• 庭にわの枯かれかけた木きを切きり枯からした。

  I cut down and killed the dying tree in the garden.

• 雑ざっ草そうを根ね元もとから切きり枯からす。

  Kill the weeds by cutting them at the base.