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Apart from Ciri, who assumed the fake name Falka and spent the season with the group, the Rats are extremely dead — not just slaughtered by Leo Bonhart but decapitated with each of their heads sawed off and dumped into a barrel for preservation.
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Scott Meslow, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Hands-down one of the most disgusting movies ever made (a compliment), the film finds the indefatigable slasher, who was decapitated at the end of Terrifier 2, reattaching his head and commencing his ritual slaughters.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
Sources told the Herald that the targets — which could be struck by air in a matter of days or even hours — also aim to decapitate the cartel’s hierarchy.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
Their attack continued; Morales was stabbed 18 times, including through his skull and brain, had his arm nearly cut off and was nearly decapitated, prosecutors said.
—Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
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Scott Meslow, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Hands-down one of the most disgusting movies ever made (a compliment), the film finds the indefatigable slasher, who was decapitated at the end of Terrifier 2, reattaching his head and commencing his ritual slaughters.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
Sources told the Herald that the targets — which could be struck by air in a matter of days or even hours — also aim to decapitate the cartel’s hierarchy.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
Their attack continued; Morales was stabbed 18 times, including through his skull and brain, had his arm nearly cut off and was nearly decapitated, prosecutors said.
—Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decapitate
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Then, after Beck threw an interception, the Rebels were able to cut the lead to 17-16 in favor of the Hurricanes heading into the fourth quarter for the ages.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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Both will now likely head to arbitration hearings.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
9 Jan. 2026
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She was dismembered, de-fleshed, and even beheaded before being burned.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Jan. 2026
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Joyce beheads Vecna while all the characters expel their collective trauma from five seasons of violence and misery.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
31 Dec. 2025
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“Decapitate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decapitate. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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