The riders were pulled from their backs and hacked to pieces.

The emperor himself was hacked to pieces by his personal guard.

He then hacked one of them to pieces with an axe.

Most looked as though they had been hacked to pieces.

And all the time the shutters were being hacked to pieces.

They hacked the man to pieces before he could get close to the emperor.

The firefighters had hacked it to pieces to get inside.

I believe you're actually disappointed we won't be able to hack each other to pieces.

They said he hacked a pal of his pretty nearly to pieces.

Even a woman giving birth was hacked to pieces during her labour.