decapitate (redirected from decapitating)

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.

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

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de·capi·tation n.

de·capi·tator n.

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decapitate

Verb

[-tating, -tated] to behead [Latin de- from + caput head]

decapitation n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

decapitate - cut the head of; "the French King was beheaded during the Revolution" behead, decollate kill - 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"

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decapitate

verb behead, execute, guillotine

Translations

decapitate

v decapitate [diˈkӕpiteit]

to cut the head from (especially a person) He was decapitated in the accident.onthoofيَقْطَعُ رَأْسобезглавявамutnout hlavu (komu)halshuggeenthauptenαποκεφαλίζωdecapitarpead maha võtmaگردن زدن؛ سر از تن جدا کردنkatkaista kauladécapiterלַעֲרוֹףसिर काटना, सिर उतारनाodrubiti glavulefejezmemotong kepalaafhöfðadecapitare首を切る목을 자르다nukirsti galvąnocirst galvupancungonthoofdenhalshoggeobcinać głowędegolara decapitaобезглавливатьsťať hlavuobglavitiodrubiti glavuhalshuggaตัดศีรษะbaşını kesmek, kellesini uçurmak將...斬首обезголовлювати, відтинати головуسر اڑاناbị mất đầu将...斩首

n deˌcapiˈtation

onthoofdingقَطْعُ رَأْسобезглавяванеstětí, gilotinováníhalshugningdie Enthauptungαποκεφαλισμόςdecapitaciónpea mahavõtmineگردن زنیmestausdécapitationעריפת רָאשִׁיםशिराच्छेदन, सिर-कलमीodrubljenje glave, smaknućelefejezéspemancunganhálshögg; aftakadecapitazione首切り참수, 목을 자름galvos nukirtimasgalvas nociršanapemenggalan kepalaonthoofdinghalshoggingobcięcie głowydecapitaçãodecapitareобезглавливаниеsťatieobglavljenjeodrubljenje glavehalshuggningการจัดศีรษะออกbaşını kesme, kellesini uçurma斬首；解僱обезголовленняگردن مارنے کی سزاsự mất đầu斩首；解雇