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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.

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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