Similar word to flitches:

amputate, behead, bisect,bite, carve, chine, chip, chisel,cleave, clip, crop,curtail, decussate, dice,dispatch,dissect, dissever,divide,facet,fell, flitch, gash, guillotine,hack, hash, hew, intersect, lacerate, lay open,level, lop,massacre, mince, mow, mo