Decapitate (Verb)
Meaning
Cut the head of; "the French King was beheaded during the Revolution".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The brutal executioner raised his axe to decapitate the screaming prisoner.
- In ancient mythology, the hero's task was to decapitate the snake-haired Medusa.
- The guillotine was designed to efficiently decapitate those sentenced to death by beheading.
- During the reign of terror, many aristocrats were decapitated in front of an angry mob.
- Cersei watched in satisfaction as the traitor was led out to be decapitated in the public square.