decapitate

de·cap·i·tate

D0067700 (dĭ-kăp′ĭ-tāt′)tr.v. de·cap·i·tat·ed, de·cap·i·tat·ing, de·cap·i·tates 1. To cut off the head of; behead.2. To destroy or incapacitate (a government or organization, for example) by killing or removing its leader or leaders.

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[Late Latin dēcapitāre, dēcapitāt- : Latin dē-, de- + Latin caput, capit-, head; see kaput- in Indo-European roots.]

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de·cap′i·ta′tion n.de·cap′i·ta′tor n.

decapitate

(dɪˈkæpɪˌteɪt) vb (tr) to behead[C17: from Late Latin dēcapitāre, from Latin de- + caput head] deˌcapiˈtation n deˈcapiˌtator n

de•cap•i•tate

(dɪˈkæp ɪˌteɪt)

v.t. -tat•ed, -tat•ing. to cut off the head of. [1605–15; < Late Latin dēcapitātus, past participle of dēcapitāre= Latin dē- de- + -capitāre, derivative of caput head] de•cap`i•ta′tion, n. de•cap′i•ta`tor, n.

decapitate

Past participle: decapitated
Gerund: decapitating

Imperative
decapitate
decapitate

Present
I decapitate
you decapitate
he/she/it decapitates
we decapitate
you decapitate
they decapitate

Preterite
I decapitated
you decapitated
he/she/it decapitated
we decapitated
you decapitated
they decapitated

Present Continuous
I am decapitating
you are decapitating
he/she/it is decapitating
we are decapitating
you are decapitating
they are decapitating

Present Perfect
I have decapitated
you have decapitated
he/she/it has decapitated
we have decapitated
you have decapitated
they have decapitated

Past Continuous
I was decapitating
you were decapitating
he/she/it was decapitating
we were decapitating
you were decapitating
they were decapitating

Past Perfect
I had decapitated
you had decapitated
he/she/it had decapitated
we had decapitated
you had decapitated
they had decapitated

Future
I will decapitate
you will decapitate
he/she/it will decapitate
we will decapitate
you will decapitate
they will decapitate

Future Perfect
I will have decapitated
you will have decapitated
he/she/it will have decapitated
we will have decapitated
you will have decapitated
they will have decapitated

Future Continuous
I will be decapitating
you will be decapitating
he/she/it will be decapitating
we will be decapitating
you will be decapitating
they will be decapitating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been decapitating
you have been decapitating
he/she/it has been decapitating
we have been decapitating
you have been decapitating
they have been decapitating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been decapitating
you will have been decapitating
he/she/it will have been decapitating
we will have been decapitating
you will have been decapitating
they will have been decapitating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been decapitating
you had been decapitating
he/she/it had been decapitating
we had been decapitating
you had been decapitating
they had been decapitating

Conditional
I would decapitate
you would decapitate
he/she/it would decapitate
we would decapitate
you would decapitate
they would decapitate

Past Conditional
I would have decapitated
you would have decapitated
he/she/it would have decapitated
we would have decapitated
you would have decapitated
they would have decapitated

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

decapitate - cut the head of; "the French King was beheaded during the Revolution"behead, decollatekill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"guillotine - kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; "The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country"

decapitate

verb behead, execute, guillotine, cut off the head of The colonel ordered his men to decapitate the prisoners.

Translations

将...斩首

decapitate

(diˈkӕpiteit) verb to cut the head from (especially a person). He was decapitated in the accident. 將...斬首 将...斩首deˌcapiˈtation noun 斬首，解僱 斩首，解雇