decapitate
verb (used with object)
to cut off the head of; behead.
had decapitated
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past perfectof decapitate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He had decapitated his brassy on the occasion of his striking Dorsetshire instead of his ball, and he was slow in recovering from the complex emotions which such an episode induces.
From Love Among the Chickens by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
Then we dumped in our few potatoes and a single guinea fowl that F. had decapitated earlier in the day.
From African Camp Fires by Stewart Edward White
