Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who decapitates; a headsman.
  • noun In surgery, a hook with a sharp inner curve, used to decapitate the fetus in cases of obstructed labor.

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  • noun one who decapitates.

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Examples

  • If you find old phone books or a severed head instead of your new laptop, it will be easier for everyone if the store knows that there's no possibility that you were the scammer/decapitator.

    3 Steps To Protect Yourself When Making Major Electronics Purchases - The Consumerist 2009

  • With tongue-in-cheek, Duff proposes that we give the hangman, the electricutioner, and the decapitator their due.

    May We Recommend...Annie Bloom's Books 2007

  • But at least he hasn't had a interview in front of turkey-decapitator-o-matic.

    Election Central Saturday Roundup 2009

  • With tongue-in-cheek, Duff proposes that we give the hangman, the electricutioner, and the decapitator their due.

    A Different Stripe: 2007

  • Looks like the evil decapitator eyeballs met their match in a mass outbreak of tea-cosies.

    RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!! Jen 2008

  • Ever the lover of Halloween, I think these mutant eyeball decapitator cakes are awesome.

    RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!! Jen 2008

  • My cute pet gerbil is named after bat/dove decapitator Ozzy osbourne.

    Une Saison en Enfer Hal Duncan 2005

  • Pao, the decapitator in his time of thousands upon thousands of human beings, would turn in his grave if he could behold the utter annihilation of his pet "feng shui," which has followed in the wake of the good works done by the late loved Viceroy, Hsi Liang.

    Across China on Foot Edwin John Dingle 1926

  • Even with the firm determination to remain decapitator-in-chief, Danton could never be a perfect representative of the Revolution.

    The French Revolution - Volume 3 Hippolyte Taine 1860

  • Then, internally, "If Renee could see me, I hope she would be satisfied, and would no longer call me a decapitator."

    The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836

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