decapitate
Sever the neck
To decapitate is to cut off someone's head.
The word applies to executions, accidents, and violence: The guillotine decapitated thousands during the French Revolution.
Figuratively, to decapitate an organization is to remove its leadership: The raid decapitated the cartel.
Sever at the neck
- guillotineVertical beheading apparatus
- scaffoldTemporary elevated work structure
- executionerOne who kills condemned
- axeBladed tool for chopping
block · gallows · headsman · Anne Boleyn · Marie Antoinette · sword · chopping block · severed
Cut apart completely
- neckHead-body junction
- vertebraeInterlocking bones of spine
- cervicalOf the neck
- spineColumn of vertebrae
carotid · jugular · spinal cord · truncate · dismember · dissect · head · cranium
Stone-gazing mythic creature
- PerseusGorgon-slaying demigod
- GorgonSerpent-haired mythical being
- HydraMulti-headed mythical serpent
- headless horsemanRider lacking cranium
Judith · John the Baptist · Salome · Celtic · ritual · sacrifice · Goliath · David
Ability to direct others
- CEOTop corporate officer
- removeTake something away
- oustRemove from position
- dismantleSeparate into parts
neutralize · topple · regime · command structure · head office · hierarchy · coup · overthrow
behead
Sever at the neck
- guillotineVertical beheading apparatus
- scaffoldTemporary elevated work structure
- executionerOne who kills condemned
axe · block · gallows · headsman · Anne Boleyn · Marie Antoinette · sword · chopping block · severed · blade
sever
Cut apart completely
spine · carotid · jugular · spinal cord · truncate · dismember · dissect · head · cranium · separation
Medusa
Stone-gazing mythic creature
headless horseman · Judith · John the Baptist · Salome · Celtic · ritual · sacrifice · Goliath · David · slaying
leadership
Ability to direct others
dismantle · neutralize · topple · regime · command structure · head office · hierarchy · coup · overthrow · undermine
decapitatereattach
Connect again after separation
restore · heal · mend · make whole · reassemble