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decapitated

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de·cap·i·tate  (d-kp-tt)
tr.v. de·cap·i·tat·ed, de·cap·i·tat·ing, de·cap·i·tates
To cut off the head of; behead.

[Late Latin dcapitre, dcapitt- : Latin d-, de- + Latin caput, capit-, head; see kaput- in Indo-European roots.]

de·capi·tation n.
de·capi·tator n.
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Adj.1.decapitated - having had the head cut off; "the beheaded prisoners"
headless - not having a head or formed without a head ; "the headless horseman"; "brads are headless nails"


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