Decapitate meaning
To cut off the head of; behead.
verb
To destroy or incapacitate (a government or organization, for example) by killing or removing its leader or leaders.
verb
To cut off the head of; behead.
verb
To remove or destroy that part regarded as essential to the operation of.
To decapitate a terrorist cell.
verb
Origin of decapitate
Late Latin dēcapitāre dēcapitāt- Latin dē- de- Latin caput capit- head kaput- in Indo-European roots