1. separating continuous-form paper into individual sheets
Usage: printing; computing
2. beheading or executing by cutting off the head
Usage: archaic; formal

Examples

• The printer is decollating the multi-part forms automatically.
• After printing, we spent hours decollating the perforated reports.
• The new machine handles decollating and sorting in one step.
• She was decollating the carbon copies from the invoices.
• The decollating process separated each page cleanly.
• Historical accounts describe the executioner decollating the condemned prisoner.