Bisect
Bisect verb - To divide by passing through or across.
Usage example: the infamous concrete wall that once bisected the city of Berlin, Germany
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Every weapon (except the Pulse Gun) is designed to cut or bisect enemies: the crew knew about dismembering being effective, and adapted their tools (the only things they had) to deal with the situation.
Source: Video Game / Dead Space -
If you want to cut them up, be sure to bisect them; cutting them in half at the waist won't put them away, and eventually they'll even regrow the bottom half.
Source: Who Needs Their Whole Body? -
According to Deadliest Warrior, a more or less common way to both test recently forged katana and quickly execute already condemned criminals was to have a samurai bisect the prisoner with a single diagonal cut.
Source: Half the Man He Used to Be
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