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decapitated

Variant of decapitate

transitive verb decapitated, decapitating

to cut off the head of; behead

Origin: Fr décapiter < ML decapitatus, pp. of decapitare < L de-, off + caput, head

Related Forms:

decapitation noun
decapitator noun

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