de·cap·i·tate [ di káppi tàyt ](past and past participlede·cap·i·tat·ed, present participlede·cap·i·tat·ing, 3rd person present singularde·cap·i·tates)
transitive verb
Definition:
behead somebody or something: to cut off the head of somebody or something
[Early 17th century. < late Latin decapitat-, past participle of decapitare< Latin caput "head"]