to decapitate
53
7.9
- verb
- /dɪˈkæpɪˌteɪt/
- Offensive
:
decapitar
- But what they did discover, and they did it mainly on mice, is that when you decapitate, you cut off the head.
- a decapitated head
- decapitate victims
- decapitate a man
And line in the middle of the road was a body decapitated.
- And line in the middle of the road was a body decapitated.
- But what they did discover, and they did it mainly on mice, is that when you decapitate, you cut off the head.
- What that's the they they euthanized it like by decapitating the squirrel, yes, to see if it had rabies.
- The interest of the state of Israel is to at least decapitate Hamas, potentially flatten Gaza, certainly regime change in Iran.
- And like just she's just covered in blood, decapitating them.
- One of the coolest things I remember about it is when you bury them, you decapitate them, you cut their hands off and you flip them upside down in the coffin.
- It's sort of like in my will, My, my, my will says that like, you and Bex can decapitate me, shoot my body out of a cannon, use my head as a soccer ball.
Examples
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The only way it would fit in a suitcase was to decapitate it, which Stanley did without much fanfare.
Fiction book (1999) -
Sources report that all the bodies were decapitated.
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Their aim is so murderously accurate they can decapitate three men with one strike.
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Preying mainly on women and children, the beast was said to decapitate its victims.
Academic text (2011) -
You cannot break this kid mentally or in any way pull him away from his only goal right now, which is to decapitate his opponent in the first round.
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Ily executed the military leadership, in effect decapitating their ability to resist.
Fiction book (1992) -
While his companions rush to him, a sailor spots the snake and decapitates it with his sword.
Fiction book (1992) -
They already decapitated him.
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Herod decapitated him.
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The executioner was ordered to decapitate the prisoner using a swift strike.
Synonyms
50
7.4
Cut off the head of a person or animal to kill them
1
8.9
To kill someone by dropping a heavy angled blade on their neck
1
8.1
To cut off the front top part of a fish or animal before cooking
To cut off the head of a person or animal
How Forceful
- Offensive
53
7.9
- NSFW
1
9.9
193
1.0
553
2.4
∞
1.0
174
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
decapitate = capitate (semi-transparent) = de + capit + ate
The structure de- + capitate directly indicates 'remove the head', but 'capitate'/'capit-' is a technical combining form not familiar to many learners, reducing full transparency.
Etymology
Decapitate comes from Latin parts de- 'off' and caput 'head'. You can see caput in English words like capital, which originally meant 'head', and cap, a hat for the head, so decapitate means to cut the head off.