1. (n.) The act or process of cutting off; termination\.

2. (n.) The state of being cut off.

3. (n.) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly: thus, He is a man of so much honor and candor, and of such generosity -- but I need say no more.

abscission anastomotic operation annihilation bloodless operation butchering capital operation chopping cleavage compensating operation corneal transplant crescent operation cutting destruction dichotomy elective operation elimination emergency operation enucleation eradication excision exclusion exploratory operation extinction extirpation fenestration operation fission heart transplant interval operation kidney transplant laceration major operation minor operation mutilation operation organ transplant organ transplantation palliative operation radical operation removal rending rescission resection ripping scission section severance slashing slicing splitting surgery surgical intervention surgical operation surgical technique tearing the knife transplant