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decapitate

/dɪˈkæpəˌteɪt/

verb

decapitates;

decapitated;

decapitating

decapitates;

decapitated;

decapitating

Britannica Dictionary definition of DECAPITATE

[+ object]

:

to cut off the head of (a person or animal)

• Hundreds were decapitated [=_beheaded_] by the guillotine.
• the monster's decapitated body

— decapitation

/dɪˌkæpəˈteɪʃən/

noun,

plural

decapitations

[noncount]

• death by decapitation

[count]

• gruesome decapitations