They cause ghastly wounds that are almost always fatal.

A man to his left screamed and fell, a ghastly wound in his temple.

Blood poured from the ghastly wound, soaking into the hard-packed earth.

Most had ghastly wounds; some were pierced through with broken lances.

The polished steel of the table was clearly visible on the other side of the ghastly wound.

It had inflicted on his mind a wound too ghastly to be healed.

A ghastly wound had torn away half his chest.

But though it was what I'd feared, I hadn't been prepared for such a ghastly wound.

There was a ghastly wound in his thigh, which caused him to limp as he walked.