Decollated

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  decollate \de*col"late\ (d[-e]*k[o^]l"l[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p.
     p. {Decollated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Decollating}.] [L.
     decollatus, p. p. of decollare to behead; de- + collum neck.]
     To sever from the neck; to behead; to decapitate.
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           The decollated head of St. John the Baptist. --Burke.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Decollated \De*col"la*ted\, a. (Zool.)
     Decapitated; worn or cast off in the process of growth, as
     the apex of certain univalve shells.
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