decapitating
Severing the neck
Decapitating is cutting off the head—of a person, animal, or figuratively, an organization.
Executioners decapitated condemned prisoners; soldiers decapitate enemies in battle.
To decapitate a movement or government is to remove its leadership: The assassination decapitated the resistance.
The noun is decapitation.
Removal of head
- guillotineVertical beheading apparatus
- scaffoldTemporary elevated work structure
- executionerOne who kills condemned
- bladeFlat cutting edge
ax · sword · block · condemned · Anne Boleyn · French Revolution · headsman · chopping block
Cutting apart completely
- slashingCutting with force
- slicingCutting into portions
- goryFull of bloodshed
- gruesomeCausing horror and disgust
brutal · machete · sword · bloody · horror · mutilation · dismemberment · attack
Causing to collapse
- removingTaking something out
- oustingForcible removal from position
- eliminatingRemoving from consideration
- leadershipAbility to direct others
organization · hierarchy · restructuring · dismantling · power · authority · stripping · deposing
Predatory insect with grasping forelegs
- hydraFreshwater cnidarian polyp
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
- flatwormCompressed soft-bodied invertebrate
- planarianRegenerative freshwater flatworm
chicken · reflexes · nervous system · spinal · specimen · dissection · laboratory · scientific
beheading
Removal of head
- guillotineVertical beheading apparatus
- scaffoldTemporary elevated work structure
- executionerOne who kills condemned
blade · ax · sword · block · condemned · Anne Boleyn · French Revolution · headsman · chopping block · severing
severing
Cutting apart completely
gruesome · brutal · machete · sword · bloody · horror · mutilation · dismemberment · attack · massacre
toppling
Causing to collapse
- removingTaking something out
- oustingForcible removal from position
- eliminatingRemoving from consideration
leadership · organization · hierarchy · restructuring · dismantling · power · authority · stripping · deposing · dethroning
praying mantis
Predatory insect with grasping forelegs
- hydraFreshwater cnidarian polyp
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
- flatwormCompressed soft-bodied invertebrate
planarian · chicken · reflexes · nervous system · spinal · specimen · dissection · laboratory · scientific · anatomical
decapitatingstrangling
Compressing throat to suffocate
suffocating · drowning · poisoning · garrotting · hanging
decapitatingreattaching
Joining again after separation
rejoining · healing · restoring · reconnecting · preserving
decapitatingcrowning
Installing as monarch
enthroning · installing · empowering · appointing · inaugurating
- decapitation strikeAttack on enemy command