— decapitation , n. — decapitator , n.
/di kap"i tayt'/ , v.t., decapitated, decapitating .
to cut off the head of; behead: Many people were decapitated during the French Revolution.
[ 1605-15; decapitatus, ptp. of decapitare, equiv. to de- DE- + capit- (s. of caput ) head + -atus -ATE ]