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[ dih-kap-i-teyt ] / dɪˈkæp ɪˌteɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR decapitate ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object), de·cap·i·tat·ed, de·cap·i·tat·ing.to cut off the head of; behead: Many people were decapitated during the French Revolution. Origin of decapitate1605–15; <Late Latin dēcapitātus, past participle of dēcapitāre, equivalent to dē-de- + capit- (stem of caput) head + -ātus-ate1 OTHER WORDS FROM decapitatede·cap·i·ta·tion, nounde·cap·i·ta·tor, nounWords nearby decapitatedecanormal, decant, decanter, decapacitation, decapitalize, decapitate, decapitation, decapod, Decapolis, decapsulate, decapsulation Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for decapitateThey decapitate those men deemed foes of their faith and celebrate the gore online, holding up the severed heads. Inside the Mind of an ISIS Jihadi|Jamie Dettmer|September 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST Maybe the Republicans will attempt to decapitate the federal government by leaving it without major cabinet officials. Washington’s Endless Civil War|Robert Shrum|January 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST The plane stopped a good hundred meters from where we are standing but it looks like it is going to decapitate us. ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’: Oscar Nominees Gary Oldman and Peter Straughan|Lorenza Muñoz|February 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST During the run-up to that war, the world was assured it would be a quick, painless fight intended only to decapitate the regime. Cheat Sheet: Should the U.S. Intervene in Libya?|The Daily Beast|March 8, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The censor can decapitate ideas which but for him might have lived forever. Pieces of Hate|Heywood Broun When one of them is killed, rather than allow the enemy to take his head, they decapitate him themselves, and bring his head back. Children of Borneo|Edwin Herbert Gomes The head-ax is a long blade turned at just the proper angle to decapitate the victim scientifically. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia|Paul T. Gilbert He has allowed the Franks 223 to decapitate me, but for a time only, and as you see me now I am only a phantom. Legends & Romances of Brittany|Lewis Spence This last is a very unpleasant idea, and helps to decapitate three unoffending primroses. Faith and Unfaith|Duchess
British Dictionary definitions for decapitateDerived forms of decapitatedecapitation, noundecapitator, nounWord Origin for decapitateC17: from Late Latin dēcapitāre, from Latin de- + caput head Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to decapitateguillotine, ax, execute, decollate |