decapitated

Meanings

• Adjective, Past participle

  Separated from the head.

  - "The statue was decapitated during the war."
  - "The enemy general was decapitated as a warning to others."

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Antonyms

recapitate

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Synonyms

behead , decollate

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with decapitated
apartheid , capitated , deplored , heptad , replenished

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Variants

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decapitate , decapitated , decapitates , decapitating , decapitation , decapitations , decapitator , decapitators

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Etymology

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From the Latin caput 'head' + past participle suffix -itus.

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Trivia

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1. Decapitation is one of the oldest forms of execution.

2. The Guinness World Record for the most heads severed in one minute is held by a man named Mahadev Desai, who decapitated 219 goats in 1935.

3. In the Middle Ages, it was common for the heads of executed criminals to be displayed on spikes as a warning to others.

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Related Concepts

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1. Beverage: Decapitated is also the name of a coffee drink in Colombia, which is made by removing the top of a coffee bean and roasting it separately.

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Culture

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In various contexts, decapitation can symbolize power, dominance, or retribution. It has been used as a form of execution throughout history and appears in many works of literature and art.

How to Memorize "decapitated"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a statue or an enemy general losing their head.

2. associate
   

   - Associate decapitated with power or dominance, as it is often used to describe someone or something that has been removed from their source of power.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering that decapitated means 'separated from the head'.

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