'Decapitate' definitions:

Definition of 'decapitate'

From: WordNet
verb
Cut the head of; "the French King was beheaded during the Revolution" [syn: decapitate, behead, decollate]

Definition of 'Decapitate'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To remove summarily from office. [Colloq. U. S.] [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'decapitate'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Decapitate'