decapitate
verb (used with object)
to cut off the head of; behead.
decapitating
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present participleof decapitate.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Now paroled, she telegraphs her angst with sunken eyes and chapped lips; the film’s sickly yellow lighting does the same, as does Ruth’s night-shift factory gig decapitating salmon.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
“They like decapitating the tall poppies and taxing until the pips squeak.”
From Washington Times ● Oct. 6, 2021
They attack hives, destroying them in mere hours and decapitating bees in what scientists call their “slaughter phase.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 12, 2021
As for Mr Essama, he is now less focussed on decapitating statues, turning his attention to fundraising to build statues of Cameroonian heroes and calling for reparations for colonial era crimes.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2020
During the jubilee year he excited the wonder of all Rome by decapitating a bull with a single stroke in one of these contests.
From Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day by Ferdinand Gregorovius
