cut dead
Example Sentences
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To stop the infection from moving through her body, they cut dead tissue out of an area almost covering her entire left buttock.
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2025
Mr. Bertolino and a small crew had worked through one recent night to cut dead brush from homes and hose away the encroaching fires.
From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2015
Now Skinner's task is to cut dead weight from the White House staff and reawaken the Administration's dormant domestic policy and public relations operation.
From Time Magazine Archive
The man who is cut dead by all his acquaintance suffers more than he would from hunger or physical fear.
From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Bode, Boyd H.
Though it was good, original, conclusive stuff, it was cut dead, absolutely, by the scientific world.
From The Glands Regulating Personality by Berman, Louis, M.D.
