Cleft
Cleft noun - An irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure.
In two
Both terms in one sentence
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In Irish Mythology, Cuchulainn's sword can shave a hair from the skin without cutting the skin, or cleft a hair floating on water in twain, or cut a man in two "that the one half of him might not miss the other for some time after".
Source: Absurdly Sharp Blade -
Diagonal Cut: Amilias is cleft in two and doesn't realize it until he is asked to shake, whereupon he falls apart.
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Boromir's horn is cleft in two, symbolic of its owner's death.
Source: Wrecked Weapon
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