decapitate
VerbUS[dee-kap-uh-teyt]/diˈkæpəˌteɪt/4 syllables
Open English WordNet
Verb (1)decapitated, decapitating
- cut the head of“the French King was beheaded during the Revolution”Synonyms: beheaddecollateMore general killMore specific guillotine
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
De·cap′i·tate transitive verb [past tense & past participle Decapitated; present participle & verbal noun Decapitating.]
Origin: LL. decapitatus, p. p. of decapitare; L. de- + caput head. See Chief.
1. To cut off the head of; to behead.
2. To remove summarily from office. colloquial (US)
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54