decapitate

You cannot decapitate a movement with no head, and you cannot sanction an organization that does not exist.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026

Mr. Rubio said Sunday it was unrealistic to take more risks in the raid to decapitate more of the regime, which is fair enough.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 4, 2026

“I currently know that he did not decapitate it, even though he said that’s what he was doing, so that’s what I had assumed that he did,” she said Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2025

On site, the workers decapitate exposed piping and pump cement into well pipes, sealing them.

From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2023

The poor truck was rattling to the point I expected the hood to fly off and decapitate a couple of pine trees.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

Wind shear often decapitates hurricanes and makes it harder for nascent storms to develop.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2023

Not a lot of wind shear that decapitates storms?

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2022

In one telling poem, frost blithely decapitates an innocent flower in a meaningless show of its power; the flower does not react, because there is nothing unusual or objectionable about this tragedy.

From Slate ● May 17, 2016

She decapitates a squirming mealworm with her gloved thumb and feeds it with forceps to an injured, .014-ounce Eastern pipistrelle bat that probably was creamed by a car.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 25, 2011

Such is the sword of 266:3 Science, with which Truth decapitates error,         materiality giving place to man's higher individuality and         destiny.

From Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy

The sense of vulnerability is tangible - command centres damaged, leadership decapitated, and decision-making compressed into crisis mode.

From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2026

It’s already clear that Khamenei’s death does not mean that the Islamic Republic’s political and religious leadership, which is a complex bureaucratic hierarchy, has been decapitated or seriously damaged.

From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026

Now, the despot regime has been decapitated, but ConocoPhillips isn’t jumping up and down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026

On Monday, Williams said the body had not been decapitated or frozen, as some media outlets have reported.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2025

Every nerve in his body seemed to tauten: He pulled out his wand, moved into the shadows beside the decapitated elf heads, and waited.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

“They like decapitating the tall poppies and taxing until the pips squeak.”

From Washington Times ● Oct. 6, 2021

They attack hives, destroying them in mere hours and decapitating bees in what scientists call their “slaughter phase.”

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 12, 2021

As for Mr Essama, he is now less focussed on decapitating statues, turning his attention to fundraising to build statues of Cameroonian heroes and calling for reparations for colonial era crimes.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2020

But Jordan and the United Arab Emirates are wary of decapitating the Syrian regime before a transition is ready.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 11, 2014

"A carnivorous plant!" cried Skelton, decapitating the stem with one stroke of his axe; and Stewart hurriedly drew back his hand with the clinging flower attached.

From Adventures in Many Lands by F. Gillett