Definition of decapitate

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de·cap·i·tate    (d-kp-tt) KEY  

TRANSITIVE VERB:
de·cap·i·tat·ed , de·cap·i·tat·ing , de·cap·i·tates

To cut off the head of; behead.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Late Latin dcapitre , dcapitt- : Latin d-, de- + Latin caput , capit-, head; see kaput- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
de·capi·tation (Noun), de·capi·tator (Noun)

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