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Meanings of cut to pieces in English

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Usage of cut to pieces in English
1
Whole brigades and regiments were cut to pieces or thrown in confusion.
The Guns of Shiloh: A Story of the Great Western Campaign
2
His command was cut to pieces and captured and Dahlgren himself killed.
The Victim: A Romance of the Real Jefferson Davis
3
Half of these were soon cut to pieces and put to flight.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 12: 1567, part I
4
The infantry were cut to pieces, or voluntarily laid down their arms.
The History of the Thirty Years' War
5
Such of his men as did not surrender were cut to pieces.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 / (From Barbaro...
6
Many of them fly, and a great number are cut to pieces.
The Crescent Moon
7
He looked as if he would be cut to pieces any second.
A Tale of Time City
8
We had another House pulled down, and our Spades cut to pieces.
The Digger Movement in the Days of the Commonwealth / As Reveale...
9
If our fellows charged and failed, they would be cut to pieces.
At the Point of the Sword
10
We can't come in from that side, we'll get cut to pieces.
Woken furies
11
A body of Scots, who fought on foot, was cut to pieces.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 / (From Barbaro...
12
If they come against swordsmen or archers, they'll be cut to pieces.
Quest for honour
13
Her eyes were covered in bandages, cut to pieces by a bomb.
The Irish Times
14
They say - they say, the army is all cut to pieces!
Daisy in the Field
15
The Gauls under Brennus invade Greece; they are cut to pieces near Delphi.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 / (From the Ris...
16
The six battalions in the middle were surrounded, cut to pieces, or taken.
The Cornet of Horse: A Tale of Marlborough's Wars
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