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Recent Examples of decapitate
But when the staffer returned 15 minutes later, according to Campbell, the carcass had been decapitated.
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Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025
Her only ally is a mystical axe whose victims wind up as decapitated, talking heads.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
Later that day, a park staff member discovered someone had decapitated the deceased sea lion, NOAA wrote in a news release posted Tuesday.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025
In June 2021, Joel Arciniega-Saenz stabbed James Garcia 84 times and severed a finger with a switchblade before decapitating him, according to a March 5 news release by the Doña Ana County District Attorney’s Office.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2025
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Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025
Her only ally is a mystical axe whose victims wind up as decapitated, talking heads.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
Later that day, a park staff member discovered someone had decapitated the deceased sea lion, NOAA wrote in a news release posted Tuesday.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025
In June 2021, Joel Arciniega-Saenz stabbed James Garcia 84 times and severed a finger with a switchblade before decapitating him, according to a March 5 news release by the Doña Ana County District Attorney’s Office.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Decapitate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decapitate. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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