decollate

• Veralteter Begriff für das Enthaupten oder Köpfen einer Person.

An archaic verb meaning to behead or cut off the head of someone.

1. BeheadC2formal

   To cut off the head of a person or animal.

   Enthaupten

   • The executioner was ordered to decollate the prisoner.
   • In ancient times, they would decollate their enemies as a form of punishment.
   • The statue depicted a warrior about to decollate a serpent.

   Synonymebeheaddecapitate