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decapitate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of decapitate

to cut off the head of

  • a particularly gruesome series of murders in which the victims were decapitated
Synonyms of decapitate

behead, guillotine, head
Words Related to decapitate

decollate

prune, shorten, trim

scalp

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