decapitate

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The idea had been to "decapitate" Poland by murdering its best educated elements.

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  1. transitive verb To cut off the head of; behead.

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  • Tina had dropped the head and was turning to see who else she could decapitate, when a wooden spoon burst through her chest. —  MaryJanice Davidson - Betsy 07 - Undead and Unworthy
  • A Greek cook drops the chicken he is about to decapitate, and it flutters away as he stares at me. —  F ;SF; - vol 089 issue 03 - September 1995
  • I might liken it to Battletoads (except this time you can decapitate organic creatures and not just blow up robots). —  Xboxic
  • Impale, decapitate, and stab enemies on Nintendo's family-friendly platform this week. —  GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features
  • In the days leading up to September the First, the enemy attempted to decapitate what it viewed as an "organization". —  Anarchist news dot org - News for anarchists and their friends
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  1. Late Latin dēcapitāre, dēcapitāt- : Latin dē-, de- + Latin caput, capit-, head; see kaput- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle Latin decapitatus, past participle of decapitare (later F. décapiter = Provencal descapitar, decapitar = Spanish Portuguese decapitar = Italian decapitare), behead, from Latin de, off, + caput (capit-), head.
 

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/dəˈkæpɪteɪt/
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