Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective having had the head cut off.
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- adjective With the
head removed . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
decapitate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having had the head cut off
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Examples
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All our big fellows have been "decapitated" - & good & a good many fellback into ranks.
Augusta County: Tony Pastor to Annie Harris, May 4, 1861 Tony Pastor 1861
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He spun, blocking an axe with the scabbard while the long sword decapitated a lich with a cutlass.
Lord of the Isles 1997
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But soon enough, Lucy begins to hear and see things – such as decapitated heads laying next to her in bed and nursery rhymes about her actions years ago.
Strait-Jacket (1964) 2010
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Another climate impact comes faster than predicted: Himalayan glaciers "decapitated"
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At least you can take heart in the fact that if any of Labour's big names are 'decapitated' at the elections then they can't get back in via the list.
Confusion in Montgomeryshire Glyn Davies 2007
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Fortunately, my hair was saved, like the guy on Grey's Anatomy who was kind of decapitated but they managed to fix him, otherwise my only choices were going to be either shaving it off or wearing a wig!
Archive 2007-09-01 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2007
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"When I was in Baltimore, my first year, Bart Scott kind of decapitated him, and he came back in the game," Pryce said.
SFGate: Top News Stories John McClain 2011
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Makayla said she mustered up more courage this year than last year, which could have been a challenge sitting next to her "decapitated" sister, who wore a homemade headless horseman costume.
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Another Charlottesville environmentalist was concerned about coal mining and claimed mountains were being "decapitated" by coal companies to which the Governor firmly stated that he was supportive of the coal industry because of jobs and the energy they provided.
SWAC Girl 2010
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A UN official has said aid workers are dealing with a disaster "like no other" in UN memory because the country had been "decapitated".
luonanU commented on the word decapitated
Some of the inmates were decapitated in a fight between gangs.
在这场争斗中，某些帮派的囚犯被斩首了。decapitate=behead
February 4, 2017