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To cut or slash something with a quick motion, usually using a
machete; to cut something off, for example, the head of a chicken.
Ang kamatayan na labat tenged sina-taban
tanandia ig napatay ang lagi.
His death was sudden because he was slashed
with
a
machete and immediately died.
Ang manong tina-tab tang likel na ay pepeleg-peleg.
The chicken whose head was cut
off is flapping around.
Animan pinana-tab nira tang kabli tang mga
pondo agod mabo-wan da lamang ong talsi.
Therefore they cut the large ropes of the anchors so that
the anchors would just be left in the ocean.