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de·cap·i·tate
(dĭ-kăp′ĭ-tāt′)tr.v. de·cap·i·tat·ed, de·cap·i·tat·ing, de·cap·i·tates
1. To cut off the head of; behead.
2. To destroy or incapacitate (a government or organization, for example) by killing or removing its leader or leaders.
[Late Latin dēcapitāre, dēcapitāt- : Latin dē-, de- + Latin caput, capit-, head; see kaput- in Indo-European roots.]
de·cap′i·ta′tion n.
de·cap′i·ta′tor n.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
decapitate
(dɪˈkæpɪˌteɪt)vb
(tr) to behead
[C17: from Late Latin dēcapitāre, from Latin de- + caput head]
deˌcapiˈtation n
deˈcapiˌtator n
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
de•cap•i•tate
(dɪˈkæp ɪˌteɪt)v.t. -tat•ed, -tat•ing.
to cut off the head of.
[1605–15; < Late Latin dēcapitātus, past participle of dēcapitāre= Latin dē- de- + -capitāre, derivative of caput head]
de•cap`i•ta′tion, n.
de•cap′i•ta`tor, n.
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decapitate
Past participle: decapitated
Gerund: decapitating
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| Verb | 1. |  decapitate - cut the head of; "the French King was beheaded during the Revolution"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, cut off the head of The colonel ordered his men to decapitate the prisoners.
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Translations
يَقْطَعُ رَأْس
utnout hlavu
halshugge
lefejez
afhöfîa
galvos nukirtimasnukirsti galvą
nocirst galvu
sťať hlavu
başını kesmekkellesini uçurmak
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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decapitate
vt → enthaupten (geh), → köpfen, dekapitieren (form); she was decapitated in the accident → bei dem Unfall wurde ihr der Kopf abgetrennt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
decapitate
(diˈkӕpiteit) verb to cut the head from (especially a person). He was decapitated in the accident.
deˌcapiˈtation nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.