cut dead
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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
Mrs. Lee bowed too; she could not well help it; but was cut dead for her pains, with a glare of contempt and hatred.
From Democracy, an American novel by Adams, Henry
It is never pleasant to be cut dead, even when you have done something to deserve it.
From Love Among the Chickens by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
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