decapitate

decapitate
[dɪˈkapɪteɪt]
verb
  1. [with obj.]cut off the head of (someone)
    斩首
    [as adj. decapitated]a decapitated body.
    被斩首的尸体。
    ■cut the end or top from (something)
    砍掉端头
    ■(figurative)attempt to undermine (a group or organization) by removing its leaders
    (喻)使群龙无首
    the Church had been decapitated by the arrest and deportation of all its bishops.
    因为所有的主教都被逮捕放逐，教会落得群龙无首。
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decapitation
noun
decapitator
noun
语源
  1. early 17th cent.: from late Latin decapitat- 'decapitated', from the verb decapitare, from de- (expressing removal) + caput, capit- 'head'
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