Decapitate

Verb

 * 1)  To remove the head of.

Synonyms

 * behead
 * decollate

Antonyms

 * recapitate

Thesaurus
behead, bowstring, burn, crucify, decimate, decollate, defenestrate, demolish, electrocute, execute, garrote, guillotine, head, inflict capital punishment, lapidate, neck, put to death, raze, ruin, shoot, stone, strangle, unbuild, undo, unmake, wrack, wreck

Etymology
From décapiter:, from  decapitare:, from de-: + caput:.

Translations

 * Arabic: قَصَلَ
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Danish: halshugge
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: katkaista kaula (+ ablative); (as in an execution, carried out by an authority) mestata


 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian: halshugge, halshogge
 * Russian: обезглавливать, обезглавить
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Thai: ตัดศีรษะ

Derived terms

 * decapitation

Verb form
decapitate


 * 1) second-person plural present tense and imperative of decapitare