Our first warning came from the "sheltering" pines around the lake, which have had their branches shorn clean.

She chopped down, and the energy blade sheared clean through the machine's arm.

Others brought shears and razors; the men of the militia, despite protests, were shorn clean.

The blade sheared clean through, and she staggered backward, released.

The blade powered around in a tight arc and sheared clean through a soldier's armored neck.

The heavy blade sheared clean through Kassar's wrist, and his hand fell twitching to the ground.

Rose hit him again, and the blade sheared clean through his neck.

The window posts had been sheared clean by machine-gun fire, Spillane knew.

He kept his eye open for unusual extrusions to use as landmarks, but the sides had sheared clean for almost four minutes of flight.

The heavy blade sheared clean through the wooden desk, cleaving it into two jagged halves that fell away to either side of the secretary.