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Definition of decapitate verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

decapitate

 verb
verb
NAmE//dɪˈkæpəˌteɪt//
 
decapitate somebody/somethingVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they decapitate
 
he / she / it decapitates
 
past simple decapitated
 
-ing form decapitating
 
 
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to cut off someone's head synonym behead His decapitated body was found floating in a canal.
decapitation
 
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NAmE//dɪˌkæpəˈteɪʃn//
 
noun [uncountable, countable] The man narrowly escaped decapitation by the propellers.
See decapitate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary