as in headed
to cut off the head of
French Revolutionary forces captured and guillotined countless aristocrats in the chaotic period following the downfall of the monarchy
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Three weeks into the occupation, the Bundys and Finicum headed to John Day, Oregon, to meet with Grant County Sheriff Glenn Palmer.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
7 Sep. 2025 -
Mark-Paul Gosselaar portrayed Peter Bash, the more grounded and level-headed half of the Franklin & Bash duo.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Sep. 2025
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According to psychiatrist interviews conducted with his younger sister, Allyn, Kemper cut the hands off of her doll, beheaded and dismembered the family cat, and fantasized about executions and gas chambers.—
Lynsey Eidell,
People.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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France has returned three skulls to Madagascar more than a century after they were taken, including one believed to be that of a 19th-century Malagasy king who was beheaded by French troops.—
Amarachi Orie,
CNN Money,
27 Aug. 2025
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That’s not the first time a team mascot has been decapitated.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
3 Sep. 2025
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Perhaps Clemson feared he'd get decapitated by Whit Weeks and Harold Perkins Jr.—
Matthew Schmidt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Guillotined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guillotined. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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