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

Bietz, who lives in Hanford, says he didn’t decapitate the animal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2025

La Nina usually reduces high-altitude winds that can decapitate hurricanes, and generally during a La Nina there’s more instability or storminess in the atmosphere, which can seed hurricane development.

From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2024

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026

"Sometimes you'll see ant heads on the bee legs because they were feeding and in response to an attack, the bee bit the ant and decapitated it."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2025

"Escape from New York's" poster lingered on the decapitated Statue of Liberty head to suggest a subversive ominous atmosphere.

From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2024

It is a puzzling fact that chickens can run around in a frenzy for some seconds after being decapitated, but I do not think they do this for a whole hour.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd

While a turret-placed ammunition storage compartment is potentially vulnerable to a hit, built-in features can prevent the same level of decapitating devastation seen in the case of the T-72.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 30, 2022

Now paroled, she telegraphs her angst with sunken eyes and chapped lips; the film’s sickly yellow lighting does the same, as does Ruth’s night-shift factory gig decapitating salmon.

From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2021

“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

In a merry mood, she threw a piece of drapery, mantle-like, about Adair’s shoulders, quite hiding them, and, decapitating a grim old suit of armour, placed the helmet on her head.

From Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time by George C. Hazelton