decollate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb cut the head of
    behead; decapitate.
    • the French King was beheaded during the Revolution

WordNet

De*col"late transitive verb
Etymology
L. decollatus, p. p. of decollare to behead; de- + collum neck.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Decollated; present participle & verbal noun Decollating
Definitions
  1. To sever from the neck; to behead; to decapitate.
    The decollated head of St. John the Baptist. Burke.

Webster 1913