About The Word Decapitate
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Decapitate
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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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