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cut a swath/swathe through
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cut a swath/swathe through something
to cause a lot of destruction, death, or harm in a particular place or among a particular group of people. Violent electrical storms cut a swath through parts of the South yesterday. The AIDS epidemic has already cut a swath through the fashion industry.
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And last summer, like a grim reaper, drought cut a swath through much of the U.
With Magic Johnson aboard, these Lakers could conceivably cut a swath through the Western Conference opposition and advance to face the Chicago Bulls in the finals.
In Owens, painting the earnest and the absurd cut a swath through the painting tangle.
 
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