קָצַץ
From LSJ
ἵνα οὖν μηδ' ἐν τούτῳ δῷ αὐτοῖς λαβήν (Photius, Fragments on the Epistle to the Romans 483.26) → so that he doesn't give them even here a handle (= an opportunity for refutation)
English (Strong)
a primitive root; to chop off (literally or figuratively): cut (asunder, in pieces, in sunder, off), X utmost.
