decapitate

• Verbe signifiant couper la tête de quelqu'un ou de quelque chose.

A verb meaning to cut off the head of someone or something.

1. C1formal

   To cut off the head of a person or animal.

   Couper la tête

   • The executioner decapitated the condemned prisoner with a single blow.
   • In some historical cultures, enemies were decapitated as a form of punishment.
   • The statue was decapitated by vandals.

   Synonymesbeheadguillotineheadneck