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Hamas has seen its top leadership almost entirely decapitated via IDF operations following the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks that killed approximately 1,200 people in 2023.
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Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 17 Oct. 2024
The story begins with Juliet performing a ritual on her boyfriend after he’s bitten by a zombie, which involves him being decapitated and then hung on her waist as a talking head, and things escalate from there.
—Diego Argüello, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2024
Israel is bent on decapitating Hamas even as negotiations continue.
—Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2024
Israel – thanks to its precise intelligence – has decapitated the leadership of key Iranian ally Hezbollah in recent weeks, killing at least seven top commanders, including its longtime leader, Hassan Nasrallah, in a Friday airstrike.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Oct. 2024
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Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 17 Oct. 2024
The story begins with Juliet performing a ritual on her boyfriend after he’s bitten by a zombie, which involves him being decapitated and then hung on her waist as a talking head, and things escalate from there.
—Diego Argüello, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2024
Israel is bent on decapitating Hamas even as negotiations continue.
—Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2024
Israel – thanks to its precise intelligence – has decapitated the leadership of key Iranian ally Hezbollah in recent weeks, killing at least seven top commanders, including its longtime leader, Hassan Nasrallah, in a Friday airstrike.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Decapitate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decapitate. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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