Decapitate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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     2. To remove summarily from office. [Colloq. U. S.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  decapitate
       v : cut the head of; "the French King was beheaded during the
           Revolution" [syn: {behead}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "decapitate":
     behead, bowstring, burn, crucify, decimate, decollate,
     defenestrate, demolish, electrocute, execute, garrote, guillotine,
     head, inflict capital punishment, lapidate, neck, put to death,
     raze, ruin, shoot, stone, strangle, unbuild, undo, unmake, wrack,
     wreck