decapitate

verbformal/dɨ.kɐ.piˈtaɾ/low

de·ca·pi·tar

Definition

To cut off the head of (a person or animal); to behead.

The tyrant ordered his enemies to be decapitated.

The storm decapitated the statue in the town square.

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Common collocations

to decapitate a prisonerto decapitate a statue

Do latim 'decapitare', de 'caput' (cabeça).