Decapitating

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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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