The hanged man was certainly dead, since his blood had been drained and his spinal cord severed after the execution.

Her newborn remained in the car, struggling to breathe, his umbilical cord severed by the impact.

Her spinal cord severed, she never regained consciousness and died eight days later at Bellevue Hospital Center.

He visualized himself in a hospital bed, his spinal cord severed at the neck, his eyes bandaged.

He was stabbed and his spinal cord severed when he stepped in to help a friend.

His spinal cord severed and she turned him and dropped him over the crag.

It cracked like an eggshell and the spinal cord severed right up at the top and the man was dead before he hit the ground.

The two lamps on either side of the bed were out, the electrical cords severed from them.

His neck had been ripped apart, his spinal cord severed, and his head nearly taken off.

The cord severed in two thick snips, and then began spurting blood.