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There he worked on what he called a “silly” experiment looking at areas of the braining using what he calls functional MRI.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2020

We are a long way here from Thor developing the wheel or the Fat Broad braining the Snake.

From Time Magazine Archive

"And for well-nigh braining an officer of his Majesty's infantry!" said old Major Elliott, putting his head over the hedge.

From The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

At times, an invisible finger tapped at the panes; it was some bird of the night, drawn by the light, braining itself against the glass….

From Letters from my Windmill by Daudet, Alphonse

It was something that they prevented the mace of chivalry from utterly braining humankind.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 by Various