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de·cap·i·tate
 decapitate
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- pronunciation:
- dih
kae
p
teIt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
decapitates, decapitating, decapitated |
| definition: |
to cut off the head of; behead.
- similar words:
- behead
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adverb + (v.)decapitate
about, almost, already, around, effectively, even, later, maybe, nearly, off, practically, publicly, recently, sometimes, that, then, when, why
(v.)decapitate
+ noun
ant,
attack,
attempt,
barnyard,
blade,
blow,
body,
car,
chicken,
child,
cluster,
corpse,
crystal,
culvert,
death,
effect,
empire,
enemy,
father,
fire,
fly,
girl,
glass,
government,
guillotine,
head,
home,
horde,
image,
killer,
king,
leadership,
man,
millimeter,
neck,
other,
people,
person,
piece,
plant,
police,
process,
report,
reporter,
rest,
sea,
second,
shot,
shrub,
snake,
society,
son,
statue,
step,
struggle,
sword,
throat,
train,
uniform,
victim,
village,
weapon,
wife,
wreck
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| derivations: |
decapitation (n.), decapitator (n.) |
The word decapitate
contains the following parts:
cap2, capit, cipit
Latin
root
that means head
  Example words:
cap a pie, capital, capitalism, capitalist, capitalistic, capitalization, capitalize, capitally, capitation, capitulate, capitulation, capo, captain, decapitate, incipient, overcapitalize, precipitate, precipitation, precipitous, recapitalize, recapitulate, recapitulation, undercapitalize
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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