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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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  1. headed
  2. beheaded
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  • Painter is bullish on where romance is headed, pointing to the genre’s notable renaissance in adaptations and expansion into broader representation on the page and screen — with room still to grow.
    — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Wall Street will see several big economic updates this week that could help investors and the Federal Reserve get a better sense of where inflation is headed and how households and businesses are dealing with high prices.
    — Damian J. Troise, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of headed
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  • Wildlife experts believe the marine mammal was beheaded post-mortem by someone.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Gross was suspected of a gruesome murder of Ying Li, an employee at a massage parlor who was beheaded in her Northland apartment.
    — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of beheaded
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“Decapitated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decapitated. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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