decapitate
11decapitate — 1. To cut off the head; specifically, to remove the head of a fetus to facilitate delivery in cases of irremediable dystocia; to cut off the head of an animal in preparation for certain physiologic experiments; obsolete term. 2. Relating to an… …
12decapitate — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …
13decapitate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. behead, chop off one s head. See killing. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. behead, guillotine, execute; see kill 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. behead, decollate, guillotine, ax …
14decapitate — de|cap|i|tate [dıˈkæpıteıt] v [T] [Date: 1600 1700; : Late Latin; Origin: decapitatus, from Latin caput head ] to cut off someone s head ▪ a decapitated body >decapitation [dıˌkæpıˈteıʃən] n [U and C] …
15decapitate — de|cap|i|tate [ dı kæpı,teıt ] verb transitive FORMAL to cut off someone s head ╾ de|cap|i|ta|tion [ dı,kæpı teıʃn ] noun count or uncount …
16decapitate — [[t]dɪkæ̱pɪteɪt[/t]] decapitates, decapitating, decapitated VERB If someone is decapitated, their head is cut off. [FORMAL] [be V ed] A worker was decapitated when a lift plummeted down the shaft on top of him... [V n] He recently decapitated a… …
17decapitate — de·cap·i·tate || dɪ kæpɪteɪt v. behead, cut off the head …
18decapitate — v. a. Behead, decollate, guillotine, deprive of the head, bring to the scaffold, bring to the block, bring under the headsman s or executioner s axe …
19decapitate — verb (T) to cut off someone s head decapitation noun (C, U) …
20decapitate — verb traitors were publicly decapitated Syn: behead, guillotine, put on the block …
