Bits and pieces of genetic material are snipped out, some discarded, other bits pasted together with the aid of still other molecules.
Infection is detected by finding the microfilariae in small pieces of skin snipped from the infected individual or by palpating the subcutaneous nodules that develop around the adult worms.
There is the famous case of the tidy-minded sheriff who snipped off a small piece of rope so that the knot slipped.
That is what makes many of us think that the safety net which until last year underpinned asylum seekers was being snipped away.
Bits are being snipped out and other bits are being stitched in.
If the trade routes are snipped you will get a panic in this country, and what would be the use of sending out afterwards?
If a thumb break is designed to be non-removable, it may be snipped off with a pair of shears.
On the outside of the hull, the wire is snipped and the joints filled and sanded over.
