decapitates
Severs the neck
Decapitates means cuts off the head.
The word applies literally to executions and accidents: The guillotine decapitates cleanly.
Figuratively, to decapitate an organization is to remove its leadership: The raid decapitated the terrorist network.
Cuts off heads
- guillotineVertical beheading apparatus
- scaffoldTemporary elevated work structure
- executionerOne who kills condemned
- bladeFlat cutting edge
ax · sword · chopping block · Anne Boleyn · Marie Antoinette · headsman · gallows · condemned
Cuts completely through
- slashesDiagonal line marks
- slicesThin cut portions
- hacksQuick improvised solutions
- cuts offSevers or interrupts
dismembers · mutilates · machete · katana · sword · carnage · gruesome · gory
Cuts completely through
- neckHead-body junction
- cervicalOf the neck
- spineColumn of vertebrae
- vertebraeInterlocking bones of spine
carotid · jugular · trachea · spinal cord · separation · anatomy · dissection · specimen
Takes something out
- oustsForcibly removes from position
- topplesFalls or overthrows
- eliminatesRemoves from consideration
- deposesRemoves from authority
dethrones · fires · leadership · hierarchy · organization · restructures · dismantles · weakens
beheads
Cuts off heads
- guillotineVertical beheading apparatus
- scaffoldTemporary elevated work structure
- executionerOne who kills condemned
blade · ax · sword · chopping block · Anne Boleyn · Marie Antoinette · headsman · gallows · condemned · severing
severs
Cuts completely through
cuts off · dismembers · mutilates · machete · katana · sword · carnage · gruesome · gory · horror
severs
Cuts completely through
vertebrae · carotid · jugular · trachea · spinal cord · separation · anatomy · dissection · specimen · laboratory
removes
Takes something out
- oustsForcibly removes from position
- topplesFalls or overthrows
- eliminatesRemoves from consideration
deposes · dethrones · fires · leadership · hierarchy · organization · restructures · dismantles · weakens · cripples
decapitatesreattaches
Secures again after separation
heals · restores · resuscitates · mends · repairs
- decapitation strikeAttack on enemy command
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