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decapitate

de·ca·pi·tate

UK/dɪˈkap.ɪt.eɪt/ US/diˈkæp.ə.teɪt/ rare

verb

1.

cut the head of

  • “the French King was beheaded during the Revolution”
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From French décapiter, from Late Latin dēcapitāre, literally, “to de-head”.

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