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The Israelis cited the regime’s fragility and the possibility that decapitation could lead to collapse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Under such conditions, pre-authorised target lists and delegated launch authority could be deliberate safeguards against decapitation.

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026

Shimshoni, the retired Israeli general, added that with an adversary like Hezbollah, that is motivated, ideological and religious, decapitation strikes will have little strategic significance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2024

If all this jesting and jousting about historically documented misogyny, maternal misery and decapitation isn’t your goblet of grog after a while, “Six” smartly pivots in the final wife’s number, “I Don’t Need Your Love.”

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2023

Saint Winifred recovered from her decapitation and became an abbess.

From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz


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