Related Clues:

• Removes as superfluous
• Clips, as branches
• Removes, as branches
• Severs, with 'off'
• Prunes from plums, perhaps
• Cuts off, as tree branches
• Trims off
• Takes off, with 'off'
• Cuts with shears, maybe
• ___ off (severs)
• Cuts off (a branch)
• ___ off (prunes)