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Six, a clever reimagining of what the wives of Henry VIII endured — a couple were beheaded — scores its points in just 80 minutes, with no intermission.—
Manuel Mendoza,
Dallas Morning News,
16 Jan. 2026 -
She was dismembered, de-fleshed, and even beheaded before being burned.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Jan. 2026
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With this regime change operation, the government of Venezuela has been decapitated.—
Keir Simmons,
NBC news,
3 Jan. 2026
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With Hamas decimated, Lebanon’s Hezbollah largely decapitated, the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria toppled, and Shiite militias in Iraq avoiding conflict with Israel, the other members of Iran’s once powerful axis of resistance are severely weakened.—
April Longley Alley,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Dec. 2025
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“Scalped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scalped. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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