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to cut off the head of
  • a particularly gruesome series of murders in which the victims were decapitated

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The first known use of decapitate was circa 1611

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“Decapitate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decapitate. Accessed 24 Jan. 2022.

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