verb
- to behead; to cut off the head
Usage: formal; archaic
Examples
- The executioner was ordered to decollate the condemned prisoner.
- In medieval times, nobles were often decollated rather than hanged.
- The statue appeared to have been decollated by vandals.
- Historical accounts describe how traitors were decollated in the town square.
- The ancient practice was to decollate enemies as a warning to others.