decapitate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb cut the head of
    behead; decollate.
    • the French King was beheaded during the Revolution

WordNet

De*cap"i*tate transitive verb
Etymology
LL. decapitatus, p. p. of decapitare; L. de- + caput head. See Chief.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Decapitated; present participle & verbal noun Decapitating
Definitions
  1. To cut off the head of; to behead.
  2. To remove summarily from office. Colloq. U. S.

Webster 1913