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Definition of Decapitates
1. decapitate [v] - See also: decapitate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decapitates
Literary usage of Decapitates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion by James George Frazer (1900)
"Lured by this bait the demon quits the sufferer's body and enters the palm-leaf
doll, which the wily doctor thereupon promptly decapitates. ..."
2. The American Historical Review by American historical association (1900)
"... three- color prints of a foaming " charger" standing on his hind legs while
the epauletted rider personally decapitates the chief of the opposing host. ..."
3. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1876)
"... and the former to him who decapitates the body consequently held as the most
valued trophy, a possesses the greater ..."
4. The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life by John Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1851)
"Despotism, which crushes and decapitates, sometimes interrupts their progress,
and prevents some of their tragical effects. Monarchies, with their spies, ..."
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