decollate

Meaning

Verb

To behead.

Adj

Tapering to a blunt end.

Synonyms

decapitate

behead

excision

fragmentation

guillotine

partition

sectioning

segmentation

sever

split

split up

truncate

cut the head off

dividing

Translations

décapiter

onthoofden

decapitar

decapitare

décoller

decapitar

decapitar

enthaupten

köpfen

trennen

αποκεφαλίζω

καρατομώ

couper la tête

decollare

ser jê kirin

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈkɒleɪt/

Etymology

First attested in 1599; borrowed from Latin dēcollātus, perfect passive participle of dēcollō (“to behead”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- (“of, from”) + collum (“neck”) + -ō.