DECAPITATE


Meaning of DECAPITATE in English

(~s, decapitating, ~d)

If someone is ~d, their head is cut off. (FORMAL)

A worker was ~d when a lift plummeted down the shaft on top of him...

VERB: be V-ed

decapitation (decapitations)

...executions by decapitation.

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