cut apart
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Southampton were cut apart and now look bound for the play-offs.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2024
Recovery wasn't easy—she experienced a lot of pain in her rib cage, which her surgeons had to cut apart to put in the organs, and she had a brief lymphoma scare.
From Scientific American • Oct. 19, 2023
“Rail,” which is thick with black impasto and bright colors fighting to be seen, has been cut apart and stitched back together.
From Washington Post • Jul. 28, 2022
At the South Padre Island station in Texas, 440 boats were cut apart over the past five years, the Coast Guard said — their engines crushed.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 30, 2022
They cut apart birds to trace the structure of the avian skeleton, and, masked in leather hoods, they dissected a skunk.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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