decapitate

动词 v.
/dɪˈkap.ɪt.eɪt/    /diˈkæp.ə.teɪt/|/diˈkæp.ɪ.teɪt/|/dɪ-/|/də-/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To remove the head of. transitive
    — One machine in which Mr. Taylor takes special pride is a salmon canner, which engulfs a whole salmon, decapitates and decaudates it, skins it, blows out its viscera, cuts it into pieces, deposits them in the can, sterilizes them […]
  2. To oust or destroy the leadership or ruling body of (a government etc.). figuratively,transitive
    — The Russian goal at the start of the invasion had been to kill or capture Zelensky and decapitate his government.

词形变化

decapitates present,singular,third-person decapitating participle,present decapitated participle,past decapitated past

词汇关系

词源

From French décapiter, from Late Latin dēcapitāre, literally, “to de-head”.
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