Synonyms for decapitate
dɪˈkæp ɪˌteɪtde·cap·i·tate

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1. decapitateverb

   Synonyms:
   behead, decollate

   Antonyms:
   recapitate

2. decapitateverb

   To remove the head of.

   Synonyms:
   decollate, behead

   Antonyms:
   recapitate

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1. decapitate, behead, decollateverb

   cut the head of

   "the French King was beheaded during the Revolution"

   Synonyms:
   behead, decollate

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1. • Kill

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1. decapitatenoun

   Synonyms:
   behead, decollate, deprive of the head

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1. List of paraphrases for "decapitate":

   behead

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1. President Barack Obama:

   I don't think they're gaining strength, what is true, from the start our goal has been first to contain and we have contained them. They have not gained ground in Iraq and in Syria. They'll come in. They'll leave. But you don't see this systemic march by ISIL across the terrain. What we have not yet been able to do is to completely decapitate their command and control structures. We've made some progress in trying to reduce the flow of foreign fighters.