Collocations for hack - verb

away, off
They hacked away at the dense vegetation.
We hacked off the dead branches.

at
She hacked at the hedge with the shears.

hack sth to bits, hack sth to pieces
The body had been hacked to pieces.

hack sb to death
He was hacked to death by the mob.

hack your way
The explorers had to hack their way through dense jungle.

Hack is used with these nouns as the object:
computer, way