decapitate /dɪˈkæpɪˌteɪt/ ( decapitating, decapitated, decapitates )

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  V-T If someone is decapitated, their head is cut off. 斩首 [正式]

  例：

  There were nine corpses. Two of them had been decapitated.

  有9具尸体，其中2具是被斩首的。