Meanings of sever an artery in English

Such a blade would have been likely to sever an artery.

His mother's work-basket stood in a little cupboard; surely there would be scissors; he might sever an artery.

The Fisherman must have sliced an internal organ, or severed an artery.

Someone severed an artery and bright blood sprayed into the afternoon light.

She plunged the heavy spear into the deer's neck and severed an artery.

He bled to death after one of the shots severed an artery in his leg.

He came damned close to severing an artery.

Ward said he had severed an artery.

Two balls struck his left arm above the elbow, shattering the bone and severing an artery, and one entered the body.

A post mortem examination showed he had died of shock and haemorrhage having severed an artery in his upper chest area.

"You're welcome." Bourne inspected the wound, determining that the bullet hadn't severed an artery.

You can march people up to testify about the time you severed an artery in your arm trying to carve a pumpkin.

Each fowl was weighed, wrapped in a bag to prevent floundering, and killed by severing an artery in the roof of the mouth.

"Charge Jorge again and I'll sever an artery."

Mullins's former Cheltenham festival winner Missed That had to be put down after breaking his pelvis and severing an artery during a work-out on Thursday.