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Verb: decapitate  di'ka-pi,teyt
  1. Cut the head of
    "the French King was decapitated during the Revolution";
    - behead, decollate

Derived forms: decapitating, decapitates, decapitated

Type of: kill

Encyclopedia: Decapitate