decapitate
to cut off the head of; behead: Many people were decapitated during the French Revolution.
Origin of decapitate
1Other words from decapitate
- de·cap·i·ta·tion, noun
- de·cap·i·ta·tor, noun
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How to use decapitate in a sentence
Nothing does it quite like deftly decapitating a bottle of bubbly with a gleaming blade.
How to Saber a Champagne Bottle | James Joiner, The Daily Beast Video | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTProminent in Cruikshank's caricature (a bitter one) is a sarcophagus upon which lies a cow whom Time is decapitating.
George Cruikshank | W. H. ChessonThere were fully a dozen cane-knives—big hacking weapons with razor-edges, capable of decapitating a man at a stroke.
Adventure | Jack LondonHe installed one of the claimants, and provided against a revival of the quarrel by decapitating the other.
The Pacification of Burma | Sir Charles Haukes Todd CrosthwaiteDuring the jubilee year he excited the wonder of all Rome by decapitating a bull with a single stroke in one of these contests.
Lucretia Borgia | Ferdinand Gregorovius
In her turn the mother, unable to survive the loss of her children, seized the weapon and succeeded in decapitating herself.
Vikram and the Vampire | Richard F. Burton
British Dictionary definitions for decapitate
/ (dɪˈkæpɪˌteɪt) /
(tr) to behead
Origin of decapitate
1Derived forms of decapitate
- decapitation, noun
- decapitator, noun
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