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decapitate
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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.
decapitate
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[-tating, -tated] to behead [Latin de- from + caput head]
decapitation n
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Verb1.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"
decapitate
verb behead, execute, guillotine
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