decollated

verb

past tense of decollate
as in decapitated

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  1. decapitated
  2. beheaded
  3. shortened
  4. headed
  5. pruned
Verb
  • She was decapitated in the coaster accident, and now has a doll’s head where her real head used to be.
    — David John Chávez, Mercury News, 28 July 2026
  • That still seems to mean so little to him that Lestat’s headless body, the threat of Regina being decapitated, and his own imminent death has not moved Louis to make amends.
    — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of decapitated
Verb
  • His unprecedented February arrest was the first of a royal since 1649, when King Charles I was beheaded for high treason.
    — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026
  • Compared to Louis’ time beheaded, Lestat’s is as breezy as his dream of the forest.
    — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of beheaded
Verb
  • The all-hands that’s never skipped, shortened, or rescheduled; the Slack response that’s never further than 20 minutes away; the LinkedIn post that's never late.
    — Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Next season, Rutschman’s final year under club control, might be shortened or canceled by a lockout.
    — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of shortened
Verb
  • Like many performers who depart WWE/TNA, there are rumors she is headed to AEW.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • There’s also inward-looking discovery with Biografía de Jorge Luis Borges (Life of Jorge Luis Borges), a five-and-a-half-hour documentary by Argentinian director Mariano Llinas headed to Toronto after a world premiere in Venice.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of headed
Verb
  • Airlines pruned schedules this year, which can mean fewer flights per day or week on a certain route.
    — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Maintenance Pruning Aside from deadheading, peonies should not be pruned until fall unless their leaves die back and dry out with disease.
    — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 31 July 2026
Definition of pruned
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