Friday is the day for clearing the crowded prison at Canton, and it is not uncommon on that occasion to see a dozen criminals beheaded in the prison yard in eight minutes, one sweeping blow of the executioner's sword decapitating each human body as it stands erect and blindfolded. ❋ Maturin Murray Ballou (1857)
A DAWESVILLE man has been fined $3000 for gutting and decapitating a kangaroo then dumping the carcass on the roadside. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The relentless air assault on Baghdad killed untold Iraqis but utterly failed in its intended purpose of "decapitating" the Saddam Hussein regime, killing not a single high government official. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Yesterday here in Kentucky, he applied some pressure on the Democratic Party, accusing Democrats of behaving like Republicans back in 2000, in his words, Tony, "decapitating" those voters down in Florida by not honoring ... ❋ Unknown (2008)
He used the word "decapitating," saying that the Democratic Party is decapitating voters in Florida and Michigan, putting some heavy-duty pressure on the party to get that matter resolved -- Fredricka. ❋ Unknown (2008)
- Israeli massive military attack on Iran that involves a "decapitating" blow on Iran byhitting betweenthree to four thousand targets in the country. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Even as this column is written, according to the L.A. Times and Daily Kos, Bush has signed a new executive order authorizing contingency plans to be developed in the event of a "decapitating" attack on the federal government. ❋ Unknown (2007)
They were headed to a secure "undisclosed location" where Cheney would be spending much of his time in the weeks and months ahead as a precaution against a second, "decapitating" strike. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Seems to me like this announcement is a way of 'decapitating' the Brown campaign before it gains too much public exposure. ❋ Unknown (2007)
On May 15, 2007, President Bush signed National Security Presidential Directive 51/Homeland Security Presidential Directive 20, which authorized the dispersal of "leadership, staff, and infrastructure" across the country in the event of a "decapitating" terrorist attack in Washington, DC. ❋ Unknown (2007)
The Israeli press has documented other staggering statements by Eitam: on the Israeli army's "very moral" but also fatal use of Jenin teenager Nidal Abu Muhsein as a human shield; his demand that Israel "declare war" on Palestinian citizens of Israel living in the Negev; and his calls for outlawing commemoration of the Nakba; executing Israeli politicians who favor returning occupied territories to Palestinians; and "decapitating" Hamas leaders. ❋ Unknown (2009)
"decapitating" it will be the work of many months or even years. ❋ Unknown (2010)
“When this is over, she goes with me,” Brandr said, decapitating one in a spray of brown ooze. ❋ Kresley Cole (2011)
With a savage yell, he swung, decapitating the creature. ❋ Kresley Cole (2011)
TIJUANA, Mexico AP Two purported drug dealers were arrested Thursday on suspicion of decapitating a man who owed them money and hanging his severed head from a bridge in the border city of Tijuana. ❋ Unknown (2011)
There were fully a dozen cane - knives -- big hacking weapons with razor-edges, capable of decapitating a man at a stroke. ❋ Unknown (2010)
