decapitate
verb (used with object)
to cut off the head of; behead.
have decapitated
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present perfectof decapitate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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That’s why, as satellite photos show, miners have decapitated mountains throughout the Appalachian area in West Virginia and Kentucky, one range after another.
From Time ● May 9, 2013
So saying, he whirled his sword and dealt a blow that would have decapitated the varlet, but that the pitying steel struck short and shaved the queue forever from his crown.
From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 by Charles Herbert Sylvester
On no account would he have decapitated either; since in that case the corpses, being headless, would in Chinese estimation have been imperfect.
From The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg by James Hogg
