切せつ断だん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

cutting; severing; sectioning

General use for cutting something through or into sections, often with tools, machinery, or a clear cut line. As a suru verb it is transitive: Xを切断する.

• 作さ業ぎょう員いんが金きん属ぞくパイプを切せつ断だんした。

  The worker cut the metal pipe.

• 図ず面めんの線せんに沿そって板いたを切せつ断だんする。

  Cut the board along the line in the drawing.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

amputation

Medical use for surgically removing a limb, finger, or other body part by cutting. More specific medical wording such as 切除 may also appear depending on what is removed.

• 医い師しは壊え死しした指ゆびを切せつ断だんした。

  The doctor amputated the necrotic finger.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

disconnection; cutoff; severance of a connection

Used for physically or functionally severing a connection, such as a cable, circuit, power supply, communications line, or network link. Often sounds more technical or formal than simply 切る.

• 工こう事じ中ちゅうに通つう信しんケーブルが切せつ断だんされた。

  The communications cable was severed during the construction work.

• 保ほ守しゅ作さ業ぎょうの前まえに回かい線せんを切せつ断だんしてください。

  Please disconnect the line before maintenance work.