It had taken off the top half of his head, leaving nothing from the nose upward.
That would give you a headache over a period, you know, if all the blood is pulled to one half of your head.
He squeezed and pulled, taking off the front half of her head.
The cover art makes use of this by showing just the top half of his head.
The entire upper half of his head was swathed in bandages.
He tumbled back over the cliff, the entire left half of his head a wet red ruin.
Just the upper half of the boy's head showed above the mud.
The top half of his head had been blown away.
The right half of his head had been shot away by the first salvo.
He had long, colourless hair on one half of his head.