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decapitate

/dɪˈkæpɪteɪt/verb

उच्चारण डिकैपिटेट

सिर काटना, शिरच्छेद करना

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verb
  1. 1

    [T] ~ sb formal

    to cut off somebody's head

    सिर काटना, शिरच्छेद करना

    • The statue had been decapitated by vandals.
    • In the past, traitors were sometimes decapitated.

    Synonyms behead guillotine execute

  2. 2

    [T] ~ sth

    to remove the leader or most important part of an organization

    (संगठन को) नेतृत्वहीन कर देना

    • The arrests decapitated the gang.
◇Word family
decapitation noun
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

behead guillotine execute

⌂Word origin and word building

From Latin caput, meaning 'head', which also gives capital and captain.

यह Latin शब्द caput ('सिर') से आया है, जिससे capital और captain भी बने हैं।

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One-word substitution

To cut off somebody's head is to decapitate or behead them.

किसी का सिर काटना decapitate या behead कहलाता है।