decollate1
/dɪˈkɒleɪt
/ /ˈdɛkəleɪt/verb [with object] archaic
Behead (someone): the murderer is instantly decollated...
- You may remember him as the photographer from ‘The Omen’ who gets spectacularly decollated by a pane of glass…
- The murderer is instantly decollated.
- Upon taking off the cloth he beheld a human head just decollated.
Derivatives
decollation
/ /ˌdɛkəˈleɪʃ(ə)n / /ˌdiːkəˈleɪʃ(ə)n / noun ...- The decollation of St. Paul.
- [He] strenuously denied the painlessness of decollation by the guillotine.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Latin decollat- 'beheaded', from the verb decollare, from de- (expressing removal) + collum 'neck'.
decollate2
/ˌdiːkəˈleɪt/verb [no object]
Mechanically separate sheets of paper into different piles.We have no more need for bursting and decollating multi-part stationery or lining up pre-printed stationery....
- The symptoms reported by three of approximately 15 persons in the department were thought to be caused by decollating carbonless copy paper.
- The Martin Yale 950 desktop decollator is capable of decollating three-part (five-ply) carbon-interleaved forms.
Derivatives
decollation
/ /ˌdɛkəˈleɪʃ(ə)n / /ˌdiːkəˈleɪʃ(ə)n / noundecollator
- Sets up, operates, and maintains multi-station decollator for separating computer printouts and carbons.
- The 6022 is a high volume, variable speed decollator, capable of separating up to 430 A4 forms per minute.
- The Ameraseal FD 510 is a two part tabletop decollator ideal for low to medium volume jobs.
Origin
1960s: from de- 'away from' + collate.