decapitate[verb]Synonyms: behead, execute, guillotine
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
de‧cap‧i‧tate /dɪˈkæpəteɪt, dɪˈkæpɪteɪt/
verb [transitive][
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: Late Latin;
Origin: decapitatus, from Latin caput 'head']
to cut off someone’s head ⇒
behead:
a decapitated body—decapitation /dɪˌkæpəˈteɪʃ
ən, dɪˌkæpɪˈteɪʃ
ən/
noun [uncountable and countable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲