as in heads
to cut off the head of
a particularly gruesome series of murders in which the victims were decapitated
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The legislation now heads to the Senate.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
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Musk heads one of the world’s leading electric-vehicle companies, and has long supported all kinds of renewable energy, including solar and wind.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Decapitates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decapitates. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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