hauporo
1. (verb) (-a) to cut off, sever.
Ka rapa te uira i konei, ka papā te whatitiri, arā i tawhiti, i tawhiti, ka tae te ngiha ki ō rāua tinana, hauporoa tonutia iho ngā rekereke o tētahi, o tētahi, ka mau ko tētahi wāhi o te raparapa, me ngā kapu (KO 15/10/1883:6). / The lightning flashed here and the thunder exploded, that is at a distance, but the lightning reached their bodies, severing the heels of them both, leaving some parts of the soles and the insteps.