Cleft
Cleft adjective - Having one or more incisions reaching nearly to the midrib.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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The fighting-madness of his race was upon him, and with a red mist of unreasoning fury wavering before his blazing eyes, he cleft skulls, smashed breasts, severed limbs, ripped out entrails, and littered the deck like a shambles with a ghastly harvest of brains and blood.
Source: Made of Plasticine
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