Hypertext Webster Gateway: "decapitate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Decapitate \De*cap"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decapitated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Decapitating}.] [LL. decapitatus, p. p. of
decapitare; L. de- + caput head. See {Chief}.]
1. To cut off the head of; to behead.
2. To remove summarily from office. [Colloq. U. S.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
decapitate
v : cut the head of; "the French King was beheaded during the
Revolution" [syn: {behead}]
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