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decapitated

verb

past tense of decapitate

as in headed

to cut off the head of a particularly gruesome series of murders in which the victims were decapitated

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The plane, bound for Tahiti, came within 500 vertical feet of an American Airlines flight headed for Dallas-Fort Worth, according to air traffic control audio and flight tracking data reviewed by the Times.

— Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026
Fast forward to Monday, and those same Vikings put it all together and are headed to state for the first time in the girls volleyball program’s history.

— Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026

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Imprisoned during the persecution of Christians by the Roman emperor Diocletian, they were tortured and beheaded.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
While rumors in Haiti persist that the men may have been beheaded by the gangs, Bukele described them as being taken hostage.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026

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