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scalped

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past tense of scalp

as in beheaded

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beheaded

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Thousands were murdered, hundreds were kidnapped, innocent civilians were beheaded, and women were raped.

— Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
Among them was a Nipmuc war leader named Matoonas, who was tied to a tree, shot to death, then beheaded.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026

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