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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There has to be warm water, it has to run deep and there has to be little to no crosswinds decapitating the storm, he said.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2023
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
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
The story of his decapitating Kis-ke-pi-la, or the Little Eagle, if there was such a person, or of his beheading any other Indian, is not at all probable.
From Chronicles of Border Warfare or, a History of the Settlement by the Whites, of North-Western Virginia, and of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the State by Reuben Gold Thwaites
