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decapitate

verb
🔊/dɪˈkæpɪteɪt/
🔊/dɪˈkæpɪteɪt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they decapitate
🔊/dɪˈkæpɪteɪt/
🔊/dɪˈkæpɪteɪt/
he / she / it decapitates
🔊/dɪˈkæpɪteɪts/
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past simple decapitated
🔊/dɪˈkæpɪteɪtɪd/
🔊/dɪˈkæpɪteɪtɪd/
past participle decapitated
🔊/dɪˈkæpɪteɪtɪd/
🔊/dɪˈkæpɪteɪtɪd/
-ing form decapitating
🔊/dɪˈkæpɪteɪtɪŋ/
🔊/dɪˈkæpɪteɪtɪŋ/
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  1. decapitate somebody/something to cut off somebody’s head杀头；斩首 synonym behead
    • His decapitated body was found floating in a canal.人们发现他被斩首的尸体漂浮在一条水渠里。🔊🔊
  2. decapitate something to reduce the power of a group or organization by removing its leaders杀头；斩首
    • Decapitating the regime led to years of chaos.破坏政权导致了数年的混乱。
    • The party has effectively been decapitated.该党实际上已被斩首。
    3. Word Originearly 17th cent.: from late Latin decapitat- ‘decapitated’, from the verb decapitare, from de- (expressing removal) + caput, capit- ‘head’.