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plural chainsaws
(forestry, machinery, DIY) A power saw that has a power-driven and fast-revolving chain of metal teeth, usually used to cut trees. examples
third-person singular simple present chainsaws, present participle chainsawing, simple past chainsawed, past participle chainsawed or chainsawn
(transitive, forestry, DIY) To cut with a chainsaw. quotations examples
She and Barber once stopped a developer from chainsawing mature trees on Mississauga Rd. by standing in front of them.
2009 September 9, Mike Funston, “Mississauga pulls green thorn from its paw”, in Toronto Star