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   decapitate

   /dɪˈkapɪteɪt/

   verb

   • 1. cut off the head of (someone): "with one swift movement, he decapitated the king"
   • ▪ attempt to undermine (a group or organization) by removing its leaders: "the Church had been decapitated by the arrest and deportation of all its bishops"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from late Latin decapitat- ‘decapitated’, from the verb decapitare, from de- (expressing removal) + caput, capit- ‘head’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. decapitator noun

   Scrabble Points: 15

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