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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Decapitate \De*cap"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decapitated};
p. pr & vb n. {Decapitating}.] [LL. decapitatus p. p. of
decapitare; L. de- + caput head. See {Chief}.]
1. To cut off the head of to behead.
2. To remove summarily from office. [Colloq. U. S.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
decapitate
v : cut the head of "the French King was beheaded during the
Revolution" [syn: {behead}]
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