gāzar גָּזַר ‘to cut’ (Hebrew)

Etymology^?: a primitive root

gāzar v
1) to cut, divide, cut down, cut off, cut in two, snatch, decree
 1a) (Qal)
  1a1) to cut in two, divide
  1a2) to cut down
  1a3) to cut off, destroy, exterminate
  1a4) to decree
 1b) (Niphal)
  1b1) to be cut off, separated, excluded
  1b2) to be destroyed, cut off
  1b3) to be decreed