Synonyms of decapitate

decapitate

verb

di-ˈka-pə-ˌtāt 

as in to head

to cut off the head of

a particularly gruesome series of murders in which the victims were decapitated

Synonyms & Similar Words

• head
• behead
• trim
• shorten
• guillotine
• scalp
• prune
• decollate

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of decapitate

The sheer scale and scope have knocked the world’s most powerful non-state actor off-balance by decapitating a significant portion of its military leadership, including its chief of staff, its head of special operations, and key members of its elite fighting units, the Radwan Forces. —Firas Maksad, TIME, 24 Sep. 2024

When Hunahpu emerged to see if the sun had risen, the creature decapitated him and took his head to be used by the gods in their sports. —Erik Kain, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024

Samuel Paty, 47, was stabbed repeatedly in 2020 outside his school in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine near Paris by an 18-year-old assailant of Chechen origin, then decapitated, days after showing his pupils the caricatures. —Reuters, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024

The Fallout: In 2019, Kathy Griffin posed with a replica of former President Donald Trump‘s bloodied, decapitated head in her hand. —Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024