decapitate
/dɪˈkæpɪteɪt/verb
with obj.
1- cut off the head of (someone)将…斩首：
as adj. decapitated a decapitated body.被斩首的尸体。
1.1
- cut the end or top from (something)砍掉…的端头。
1.2
- 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。
派生词
decapitation
noundecapitator
noun词源
early 17th cent.: from late Latin decapitat- 'decapitated', from the verb decapitare, from de- (expressing removal) + caput, capit- 'head'.