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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

/ ɪˈæɪˌٱɪ /

verb

  1. tr to behead
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ辱ˌٲٴǰ, noun
  • ˌ辱ˈٲپDz, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·i·ٲtDz noun
  • ·i·ٲtǰ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of decapitate1

1605–15; < Late Latin ŧ辱ٳܲ, past participle of ŧ辱, equivalent to ŧ- de- + capit- (stem of caput ) head + -ٳܲ -ate 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of decapitate1

C17: from Late Latin ŧ辱, from Latin de- + caput head
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God, to be an Irish rap group and get the pleasure of decapitating a British king.

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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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