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decapitate

[ dih-kap-i-teyt ]

verb (used with object)

decapitated, decapitating.
  1. to cut off the head of; behead:

    Many people were decapitated during the French Revolution.



decapitate

/ »åɪˈ°ìæ±èɪˌ³Ù±ðɪ³Ù /

verb

  1. tr to behead
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • »å±ðˈ³¦²¹±è¾±ËŒ³Ù²¹³Ù´Ç°ù, noun
  • »å±ðËŒ³¦²¹±è¾±Ëˆ³Ù²¹³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • »å±ð·³¦²¹±èi·³Ù²¹î€ƒt¾±´Ç²Ô noun
  • »å±ð·³¦²¹±èi·³Ù²¹î€…t´Ç°ù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of decapitate1

1605–15; < Late Latin »åŧ³¦²¹±è¾±³ÙÄå³Ù³Ü²õ, past participle of »åŧ³¦²¹±è¾±³ÙÄå°ù±ð, equivalent to »åŧ- de- + capit- (stem of caput ) head + -Äå³Ù³Ü²õ -ate 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of decapitate1

C17: from Late Latin »åŧ³¦²¹±è¾±³ÙÄå°ù±ð, from Latin de- + caput head
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The accused posted: "Kory, wee man, you will actually get decapitated."

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Videos on the website are categorised into groups, which include executions by extremist groups as well as people being burned alive, decapitated by passing cars and crushed by trains.

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But when the staffer returned later in the day, the carcass had been decapitated.

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Ms Baker said it showed "that the individual had been intentionally decapitated at the bog".

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A man accused of killing a homeless woman in Huntington Beach more than two years ago strangled her to death before decapitating her and burying her body, Orange County prosecutors argued in court Wednesday.

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