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de·cap·i·tate /dɪˈkæpɪteɪt/ verb [transitive] KILLto cut off someone’s head 砍…的头，把…斩首 → behead a decapitated body 一具无头尸体 —decapitation /dɪˌkæpɪˈteɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusdecapitate• The boy reached for a chopper and began briskly to decapitate the birds.• As a 10-year-old kid Pauline used a stolen acetylene torch to decapitate the globe of a gumball machine.Origin decapitate (1600-1700) Late Latin decapitatus, from Latin caput “head”de·cap·i·tate verbChineseSyllable cut Corpus someone’s to off head |