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Recent Examples of decapitate
Also late last month, Mexican authorities said twenty bodies, several of them decapitated, were found on a highway bridge in a part of Mexico where factions of the Sinaloa drug cartel are fighting each other.
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CBS News, 16 July 2025
In 1994, his son was decapitated on the family's land when he was hit by a piece of metal during a storm.
—Natasha Dye, People.com, 15 July 2025
Israel’s June 13 assault on Iran, designed to decapitate Tehran’s military and nuclear program, is one of the worst setbacks the Islamic Republic has ever experienced.
—Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Foreign Affairs, 8 July 2025
Mexican authorities found twenty bodies, including several that were decapitated, in the country's western state of Sinaloa – the latest episode of violence that's erupted as factions of the infamous Sinaloa Cartel fight for control over the area.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 2 July 2025
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CBS News, 16 July 2025
In 1994, his son was decapitated on the family's land when he was hit by a piece of metal during a storm.
—Natasha Dye, People.com, 15 July 2025
Israel’s June 13 assault on Iran, designed to decapitate Tehran’s military and nuclear program, is one of the worst setbacks the Islamic Republic has ever experienced.
—Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Foreign Affairs, 8 July 2025
Mexican authorities found twenty bodies, including several that were decapitated, in the country's western state of Sinaloa – the latest episode of violence that's erupted as factions of the infamous Sinaloa Cartel fight for control over the area.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 2 July 2025
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The group headed to Loyola University’s aquatic center, where they were joined by one of Phelps’ sons, Beckett, along with children from the Boys & Girls Club of Metropolitan Baltimore learning to swim.—
Sophie Kaufman,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The National Capitol Region and regions three, four, six and nine are typically headed by career emergency management officials, who stay in place no matter which party controls the White House, to ensure a continuity of operations.—
Emily Goodin,
Miami Herald,
14 Aug. 2025
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Chillingly, they were sometimes made double-sided, for greater efficiency—the better to behead two people at a time.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
31 July 2025
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In February, Newsweek reported on how the ADF is believed to have beheaded 70 Christians in a church in the province of North Kivu.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 July 2025
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“Decapitate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decapitate. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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