decapitate
Use Decapitate in a sentence
ɪˌteɪt verb (used with object), de·cap·i·tat·ed, de·cap·i·tat·ing.
to cut off the head of; behead: Many people were decapitated during the French revolution.
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decapitate (dɪˈkæpɪˌteɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| (tr) to behead | |
| [C17: from Late Latin dēcapitāre, from Latin | |
| decapi'tation | |
| —n | |
| de'capitator | |
| —n | |
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Decapitate
is a GRE word you need to know.
So is descendent. Does it mean:
| to make morally bad or evil; vitiate; corrupt. |
| deriving or descending from an ancestor. |
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Word Origin & History
decapitate
1610s, from Fr. decapiter, from L.L. decapitatus pp. of decapitare, from L. de- "off" + caput (gen. capitis) "head" (see head).
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Example sentences
Sloppy net work can decapitate and de-wing dragonflies and butterflies.
Hangings are designed to break the neck, choke or decapitate.
It thus appears the statute is a two-edged sword, operating in the case at bar to decapitate any claim of the appellant.
In the top row, deities decapitate and punish other enemies.
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