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    DECAPITATE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they decapitate  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it decapitates  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: decapitated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: decapitated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: decapitating  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Cut the head ofplay

    Example:

    the French King was beheaded during the Revolution

    Synonyms:

    behead; decapitate; decollate

    Classified under:

    Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

    Hypernyms (to "decapitate" is one way to...):

    kill (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "decapitate"):

    guillotine (kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody

    Sentence example:

    They want to decapitate the prisoners

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