scalping

verb

present participle of scalp
as in beheading

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  1. beheading
  2. decapitating
  3. pruning
Verb
  • Gonzalez testified that even comments about beheading Black people were intended as jokes.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026
  • For example, Salvatore Ramos, who in 2022 killed 19 kids and 2 teachers in Uvalde Texas, boasted on line about torturing animals, even going so far as to share videos of himself beheading animals.
    — Diana Urban, Hartford Courant, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of beheading
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  • An Alabama man is accused of decapitating two family members with a chainsaw after a relative called 911 about his behavior.
    — Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Prosecutors said boater Richard Stevenson, of Lisle, was intoxicated and traveling at about 80 mph in July on the river when his pontoon hit a boat carrying Magdalena Jablonska of Des Plaines, decapitating her, authorities said.
    — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of decapitating
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  • States can help by pruning occupational licensing requirements and making credentials modular and stackable, so short qualifications add up into longer ones.
    — Eric Kutcher, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
  • It’s been a dynamic year with a varied complexion of transactions, from mega-mergers to portfolio pruning through corporate divestitures.
    — Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of pruning
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