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Decapitate

Decapitate Meaning & Definition
Decapitate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Decapitate?

[v] cut the head of; "the French King was beheaded during the Revolution"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Decapitate: behead

Related Terms | Find terms related to Decapitate: behead | bowstring | burn | crucify | decimate | decollate | defenestrate | demolish | electrocute | execute | garrote | guillotine | head | inflict capital punishment | lapidate | neck | put to death | raze | ruin | shoot | stone | strangle | unbuild | undo | unmake | wrack | wreck

See Also | guillotine | kill

Decapitate In Webster's Dictionary

\De*cap"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decapitated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Decapitating}.] [LL. decapitatus, p. p. of decapitare; L. de- + caput head. See {Chief}.] 1. To cut off the head of; to behead. 2. To remove summarily from office. [Colloq. U. S.]

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