Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decollating
Verb
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At trial, a jury found the parents guilty of stabbing and decapitating the children.—
Terry Castleman,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026 -
Alyssa Lira Orange County District Attorney's Office Lira is accused of killing and decapitating Enrique Gonzalez-Carbajal, her boyfriend of two months, according to the Orange County District Attorney's Office.—
Julie Sharp,
CBS News,
29 Jan. 2026
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Preparing whole fish usually entails deboning, scaling, gutting, and beheading the sea creature, a task for you—or your fishmonger.—
Randi Gollin,
Martha Stewart,
12 Jan. 2026
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On subsequent songs, Ninajirachi sings about the destruction of her innocence through sexting, and the trauma of coming across a beheading video.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
12 Dec. 2025
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Compact varieties of common foliage plants maintain gorgeous forms without pruning, while mess-free flowering shrubs provide all the beauty of their higher-maintenance counterparts.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
22 Feb. 2026
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Steiner suggests pruning your non-spring-flowering plants to improve airflow and sunlight exposure.—
Alexandra Kelly,
Martha Stewart,
22 Feb. 2026
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And while their place in the NCAA tournament is presumably safe heading into that final stretch, where the Trojans are seeded could swing significantly with a few quality wins.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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Tara Lipinski, the 1998 Olympic gold medalist and NBC Olympics figure skating analyst, says Alysa Liu, who is in third place heading into the free skate behind Japan’s Ami Nakai and Kaori Sakamoto, has a path to a gold medal.—
Sean Nevin,
NBC news,
19 Feb. 2026
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How about shortening the season?—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Feb. 2026
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There are still widespread suspicions that Netflix would honor the film’s slate existing theatrical commitments — before ultimately shortening the windows to the point where the theater business is threatened.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
19 Feb. 2026
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Rather than trimming the beans individually, do it in batches.—
Riley Wofford,
Martha Stewart,
21 Feb. 2026
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Often the hedge is full enough with healthy limbs to grow shoots that fill voids left from trimming.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Decollating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decollating. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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