cut up

verbs

cut to pieces
"Father carved the ham"
carve, cut up
destroy or injure severely
"The madman mutilates art work"
cut up, mangle, mutilate
separate into isolated compartments or categories
"You cannot compartmentalize your life like this!"
compartmentalise, compartmentalize, cut up
significantly cut up a manuscript
cut up, hack

adjectives

cut into pieces
cut up
is similar to
separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument
"the cut surface was mottled"; "cut tobacco"; "blood from his cut forehead"; "bandages on her cut wrists"
cut