The trouble is that in addition to the general trauma the bullet has severed millions of nerve fibers.

The bullet severed his spinal cord, leaving him paralyzed from the chin down.

The bullet hit him in the throat and severed his spinal cord.

Forty years ago today, a bullet severed the spine of a man whom many the world over thought of as a prince.

Wayne died almost instantly as the bullet severed her aorta.

Your officer aimed too well, the bullet severed the spine and lacerated the lungs.

A second bullet also hit and partly severed his spine.

A spent bullet suddenly severed Mars's left rein and grazed his horse.

The bullet had severed the spinal marrow, passing through the vertebræ and away on the other side.

The bullet severed the bird's neck and it came hurtling earthwards.