cut a swathe through in a sentence

Examples

1. The term " Old Market " is thought to refer to the road Old Market Street in central Bristol, where the road is wide and straight and cuts a swathe through the densely populated buildings.
2. In the same area, Bradley Stoke Way cut a swathe through Savage's Wood when built, leaving a small remnant of the wood on the far side of the road next to Tesco's car park.
3. The Frontier Forces eventually cut a swathe through both forces, quickly find the Cenotaph ( the massive structure that awoke the Legion ) and destroy it, aided by the Solar Empire, who quickly intervene in the battle by sending support fighters.
4. But two obstacles remain : Financing has not been nailed down, and environmentalists say that gas extraction and pipeline work would cut a swathe through the rain forests of the lower Urubamba valley, encouraging migration into the lands of the indigenous peoples who live there.
5. Divorced from her playwright husband Pierre Frendaie in 1936 and an independent spirit, she cut a swathe through literary France between the wars, counting among her lovers such literary giants as Jean Giraudoux, Saint-John Perse, Pierre Roland-Levy and others including ambassadors, government ministers and the feminist, Yvonne Dornes.