掻かき切きる

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

cut; slash; slit

Forceful cutting or slashing motion, often with a single sweeping stroke. The prefix 掻き adds emphasis or a sense of doing something vigorously.

• ナイフでロープを掻かき切きった。

  I slashed through the rope with a knife.

• 彼かれは封ふう筒とうを掻かき切きって中なか身みを取とり出だした。

  He slit open the envelope and took out the contents.