Category:Decollate

De*col"late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decollated; p. pr. & vb. n. Decollating.] Etym: [L. decollatus, p. p. of decollare to behead; de- + collum neck.]

Defn: To sever from the neck; to behead; to decapitate. The decollated head of St. John the Baptist. Burke.