decapitate

The word “decapitate” has 4 syllables: de-cap-i-tate

It's pronounced as /dɪˈkæpɪˌteɪt/


What is synonym and antonym for decapitate?

In the thesaurus, “decapitate” has 11 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for decapitate along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for decapitate

  • ax
  • behead
  • bring to the block
  • decollate
  • execute
  • guillotine
  • head
  • prune
  • scalp
  • shorten
  • trim

Meanings of decapitate

  • verb
    1. To remove the head of.
    2. To oust or destroy the leadership or ruling body of (a government etc.).

Example Sentences

  • The king ordered to decapitate the traitor as punishment for his actions.
  • The villain threatened to decapitate his enemies as a display of power.
  • The ancient ritual involved a symbolic decapitate of a ceremonial statue.
  • In the story, the hero bravely managed to decapitate the dragon with a single strike.
  • The executioner was instructed to decapitate the criminal in the public square.

On this page you'll find 11 synonyms or another words to decapitate, such as: ax, behead, bring to the block, decollate, execute, guillotine, head.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

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  • abolish
  • asphyxiate
  • assassinate
  • behead
  • blot out
  • bump off
  • butcher
  • chill
  • choke
  • cool
  • decapitate
  • defeat
  • destroy
  • dispatch
  • do in
  • drub
  • electrocute
  • eliminate
  • eradicate
  • execute
  • exterminate
  • extinguish
  • finish
  • guillotine
  • hang
  • hit
  • knife
  • knock off
  • liquidate
  • lynch
  • mangle
  • mar
  • massacre
  • misuse
  • off
  • put away
  • rub out
  • ruin
  • scrag
  • shoot
  • slaughter
  • slay
  • smother
  • snuff
  • spoil
  • stifle
  • strangle
  • suffocate
  • take a life
  • take for a ride
  • take out
  • thrash
  • throttle
  • waste

take out

  • KO
  • X out
  • abate
  • abjure
  • abnegate
  • abolish
  • abridge
  • abrogate
  • absent oneself
  • absolve
  • abstract
  • accompany
  • acquit
  • act out
  • action
  • air
  • aliment
  • allure
  • alter
  • amputate
  • amuse
  • annihilate
  • annul
  • ask in marriage
  • asphyxiate
  • assassinate
  • associate with
  • attack
  • attend
  • attenuate
  • attract
  • ax
  • back out
  • back up
  • bail out
  • bam
  • bamboozle
  • bash
  • batter
  • bear
  • bear company
  • bear down
  • beat
  • beat down
  • beguile
  • behead
  • belt
  • beseech
  • best
  • bid
  • bilk
  • bite
  • black out
  • blank
  • blast
  • bleed
  • bleep
  • block
  • blot
  • blot out
  • blow
  • blow away
  • blue pencil
  • blunt
  • board
  • boff
  • bog
  • boil down
  • bollix
  • book
  • bootlick
  • bop
  • bounce
  • bow out
  • bread
  • break
  • break up
  • bring
  • bring down
  • bring to naught
  • budge
  • buffet
  • bulldoze
  • bump off
  • bunco
  • burn
  • burst
  • bury
  • bushwhack
  • butcher
  • buy for
  • caboodle
  • call
  • call all bets off
  • call off
  • cancel
  • capsize
  • captivate
  • carry
  • carry away
  • carry off
  • cart off
  • cast loose
  • cast out
  • change
  • chaperon
  • charm
  • chase
  • check out
  • cheer
  • chill
  • chisel
  • chow
  • claim
  • clean up
  • clear
  • clear away
  • clip
  • clip wings
  • clobber
  • come along
  • come by
  • come over
  • comestible
  • commute
  • company
  • compensate
  • compress
  • con
  • condense
  • conduct
  • confine
  • conquer
  • consort
  • consort with
  • contract
  • convoy
  • cookery
  • cooking
  • cool
  • count out
  • counteract
  • counterbalance
  • countervail
  • court
  • cover
  • cozen
  • crack
  • crack up
  • crash
  • cream
  • crib
  • cripple
  • croak
  • cross
  • cross out
  • crowd
  • crush
  • cuisine
  • cull
  • cultivate
  • curry favor
  • cut
  • cut back
  • cut down
  • cut off
  • cut out
  • damage
  • dash
  • date
  • debilitate
  • decapitate
  • deceive
  • decimate
  • declare null and void
  • decrease
  • deduct
  • deep-six
  • defeat
  • defraud
  • delete
  • deliver
  • delude
  • demolish
  • demount
  • depart
  • depose
  • deracinate
  • destroy
  • detach
  • dethrone
  • detract
  • deuce it
  • devastate
  • devour
  • diddle
  • diet
  • dig out
  • digest
  • dilapidate
  • diminish
  • direct
  • disable
  • disannul
  • disarm
  • discard
  • discharge
  • disconnect
  • discount
  • disenable
  • disengage
  • dislocate
  • dislodge
  • dismantle
  • dismiss
  • dispatch
  • dispense
  • dispense with
  • displace
  • dispose of
  • disqualify
  • disregard
  • disrupt
  • dissociate
  • dissolve
  • disturb
  • divert
  • do
  • do a number on
  • do away with
  • do in
  • doff
  • dog
  • double-cross
  • double-deal
  • down
  • draft
  • drag
  • drag down
  • drain
  • draw
  • draw away
  • draw back
  • draw off
  • draw out
  • drink
  • drive out
  • drop
  • drop by
  • drop in
  • drop out
  • drown
  • drub
  • dupe
  • ease out
  • eat
  • eatable
  • eats
  • efface
  • eject
  • electrocute
  • elicit
  • eliminate
  • emancipate
  • empty
  • encapsulate
  • encounter
  • enervate
  • enfeeble
  • entertain
  • entice
  • entreat
  • eradicate
  • erase
  • escort
  • evacuate
  • evict
  • evince
  • evoke
  • evolve
  • excise
  • exclude
  • exculpate
  • excuse
  • execute
  • exempt
  • exfiltrate
  • exhaust
  • exit
  • exonerate
  • expel
  • express
  • expunge
  • exterminate
  • extinguish
  • extirpate
  • extort
  • extract
  • extricate
  • fall back
  • fare
  • fast food
  • fast talk
  • feast
  • feed
  • fell
  • fill in
  • finagle
  • finish
  • finish off
  • fix up
  • flatten
  • flatter
  • fleece
  • flimflam
  • fodder
  • follow
  • foodstuff
  • foot the bill
  • force
  • force out
  • forget it
  • foul up
  • founder
  • free
  • front for
  • frustrate
  • fudge
  • gallant
  • garotte
  • gather
  • get
  • get away
  • get lost
  • get off
  • get rid of
  • get to the meat
  • give
  • give back
  • give bum steer
  • give ground
  • give off
  • give out
  • give way
  • go
  • go along
  • go around together
  • go around with
  • go easy on
  • go out with
  • go steady
  • go together
  • go with
  • gobble up
  • goodies
  • gouge
  • grit
  • groceries
  • grovel
  • grub
  • guard
  • guide
  • guillotine
  • gut
  • hamper
  • hamstring
  • handout
  • hang
  • hang around with
  • hang out
  • harm
  • haul
  • heave
  • hide
  • hinder
  • hit
  • hock
  • hog-tie
  • hogtie
  • home cooking
  • hoodwink
  • hose
  • hurt
  • ice
  • ignore
  • immobilize
  • impair
  • importune
  • impose on
  • incapacitate
  • indulge
  • injure
  • invalidate
  • invite
  • isolate
  • issue
  • jerk
  • jerk around
  • junk
  • kayo
  • keep
  • keep aloof
  • keep apart
  • keep company
  • keep company with
  • kibosh
  • kill
  • knife
  • knock down
  • knock off
  • knock out
  • lambaste
  • lame
  • larder
  • launder
  • lay one out
  • lay up
  • lead
  • leak
  • leave
  • leave out
  • let off
  • let off steam
  • let out
  • let up on
  • level
  • liberate
  • limit
  • liquidate
  • look after
  • look up
  • loose
  • loosen
  • louse up
  • lug
  • lynch
  • maim
  • make a date
  • make love to
  • make oneself scarce
  • make overture
  • make time with
  • mangle
  • manumit
  • mar
  • mark out
  • massacre
  • meal
  • meat
  • meet
  • mend
  • menu
  • mess
  • mess up
  • milk
  • mislead
  • misuse
  • move
  • moveable feast
  • mow down
  • murder
  • mutilate
  • muzzle
  • negate
  • neutralize
  • nix
  • nourishment
  • nullify
  • nutriment
  • nutrition
  • obliterate
  • obscure
  • obstruct
  • off
  • offset
  • omit
  • open up
  • oust
  • outplace
  • overcome
  • overpower
  • overthrow
  • overturn
  • overwhelm
  • pabulum
  • paddle
  • pander to
  • paralyze
  • pare
  • part
  • partner
  • paste
  • patch
  • pay addresses to
  • pay court to
  • pay for
  • pelt
  • phase out
  • pick
  • pick up the check
  • pick up the tab
  • pile up
  • pilot
  • pinch hit for
  • pinion
  • plant one
  • play host
  • please
  • pluck
  • pop in
  • pop the question
  • pound
  • praise
  • press
  • propose
  • prostrate
  • protect
  • provide
  • provision
  • prune
  • pull
  • pull back
  • pull out
  • pulverize
  • pummel
  • pump
  • punch
  • purge
  • pursue
  • put an end to
  • put away
  • put back
  • put end to
  • put in a nutshell
  • put in toilet
  • put out
  • put out of action
  • put out of commission
  • quail
  • quash
  • quell
  • quit
  • raise
  • ration
  • ravage
  • raze
  • ream
  • recede
  • receive
  • recoil
  • reconstitute
  • recoup
  • recover
  • redeem
  • redress
  • reduce
  • reestablish
  • refreshment
  • refund
  • regain
  • regale
  • reimburse
  • reinstate
  • reject
  • release
  • relegate
  • remove
  • rend
  • render incapable
  • render null and void
  • renege
  • repay
  • repeal
  • rescind
  • restitute
  • restore
  • restrict
  • retire
  • retreat
  • retrieve
  • ring
  • ring in
  • rip
  • rip off
  • rip out
  • roll over
  • rook
  • root out
  • rope in
  • rout
  • route
  • row
  • rub off
  • rub out
  • ruin
  • rule out
  • run after
  • run aground
  • run along
  • run into
  • sabotage
  • sandbag
  • sanitize
  • sap
  • satisfy
  • scam
  • schlepp
  • scratch
  • scratch out
  • screw
  • screw up
  • scrub
  • scuttle
  • secede
  • seclude oneself
  • see
  • seek
  • seek the hand of
  • separate
  • serenade
  • set aside
  • set at large
  • set free
  • set loose
  • set up
  • shadow
  • shaft
  • shatter
  • shed
  • shellack
  • shepherd
  • shift
  • ship
  • shipwreck
  • shlep along
  • shoot
  • shoot down
  • short
  • show
  • show about
  • show around
  • shrink
  • shuck
  • shut off
  • shut the door on
  • sink
  • siphon
  • skim
  • skin
  • slam
  • slaughter
  • slay
  • slog
  • slop
  • slug
  • smack
  • smash
  • smash up
  • smite
  • smother
  • snack
  • snow
  • snuff
  • sock
  • solicit
  • spark
  • speak to
  • spoil
  • spook
  • spoon
  • sprain
  • spring
  • spring for
  • squash
  • squire
  • stake
  • stamp out
  • stand
  • stand in lieu of
  • state
  • steal
  • steer
  • step around
  • step into shoes of
  • sterilize
  • stick to
  • stiff
  • stop by
  • stop in
  • store
  • strain
  • strand
  • strangle
  • stretch
  • strike
  • strike out
  • string along
  • sub
  • subdue
  • subjugate
  • subsistence
  • substitute
  • subvert
  • succeed
  • suck
  • sucker
  • sue
  • summarize
  • supersede
  • supplant
  • supply
  • support
  • surrender
  • sustenance
  • swamp
  • swap places
  • swap places with
  • swat
  • sweetheart
  • swindle
  • switch
  • table
  • tag along
  • tailgate
  • take
  • take a hike
  • take a life
  • take advantage
  • take apart
  • take away
  • take care of
  • take down
  • take for a ride
  • take from
  • take in
  • take leave
  • take off
  • take over
  • take over from
  • take the place of
  • tan
  • tear
  • tear down
  • tear out
  • tear up
  • terminate
  • thrash
  • throw a monkey wrench into
  • throw monkey wrench in
  • throw out
  • thump
  • torpedo
  • total
  • tow
  • trail
  • transfer
  • transport
  • transpose
  • trash
  • trick
  • trim
  • trounce
  • truck
  • tuck
  • tug
  • turn loose
  • turn out
  • twitch
  • two-time
  • unbind
  • unbox
  • unbrace
  • unchain
  • uncouple
  • uncrate
  • undermine
  • undo
  • unfasten
  • unfetter
  • unfit
  • unlade
  • unleash
  • unload
  • unloose
  • unroot
  • unseat
  • unsee
  • unshackle
  • unstrengthen
  • untie
  • uproot
  • use
  • usher
  • usurp
  • vacate
  • vandalize
  • vanquish
  • vaporize
  • vent
  • ventilate
  • veto
  • viand
  • victimize
  • victual
  • visit
  • vitiate
  • vittles
  • voice
  • void
  • waive
  • walk
  • wash out
  • waste
  • wax
  • weaken
  • weed
  • weed out
  • whack
  • wham
  • whelm
  • whomp
  • wine and dine
  • wipe off face of earth
  • wipe off map
  • wipe out
  • wipe the slate clean
  • withdraw
  • withhold
  • woo
  • worst
  • wrack
  • wrack up
  • wreck
  • wrench
  • wring
  • yank
  • yield
  • zap

take for a ride

  • abolish
  • asphyxiate
  • assassinate
  • bamboozle
  • beat
  • beat out of
  • beguile
  • behead
  • betray
  • bilk
  • bitch
  • bleed
  • blot out
  • bluff
  • buffalo
  • bump off
  • bunco
  • burn
  • butcher
  • caboodle
  • catch
  • cheat
  • chicane
  • chill
  • chisel
  • chouse
  • clip
  • con
  • cool
  • coquet
  • cozen
  • crib
  • cross
  • dally
  • decapitate
  • deceive
  • defeat
  • defraud
  • delude
  • destroy
  • diddle
  • disinform
  • dispatch
  • do
  • do a number on
  • do in
  • double-cross
  • double-deal
  • drub
  • dupe
  • electrocute
  • eliminate
  • eradicate
  • euchre
  • execute
  • exploit
  • exterminate
  • extinguish
  • extort
  • fake
  • fake out
  • fast talk
  • fast-talk
  • fiddle
  • finagle
  • finish
  • fleece
  • flimflam
  • flirt
  • fool
  • frame
  • fudge
  • gaff
  • gammon
  • garotte
  • give bum steer
  • gouge
  • guillotine
  • gull
  • gyp
  • hang
  • hit
  • hoax
  • hocus-pocus
  • hoodwink
  • hornswoggle
  • hose
  • hustle
  • impose upon
  • jerk around
  • jive
  • kid
  • knife
  • knock off
  • lead on
  • liquidate
  • lynch
  • mangle
  • mar
  • massacre
  • milk
  • mislead
  • misuse
  • mulct
  • murphy
  • nick
  • nobble
  • off
  • outwit
  • overcharge
  • overreach
  • play for a fool
  • play games with
  • pluck
  • pull a fast one
  • pull wool over
  • put away
  • put one over on
  • ream
  • rifle
  • rip off
  • rob
  • rook
  • rope in
  • rub out
  • ruin
  • run a game on
  • sandbag
  • scam
  • screw
  • sell a bill of goods
  • sell a bill of goods to
  • set up
  • shaft
  • shake down
  • shoot
  • short
  • shortchange
  • shuck
  • skin
  • skunk
  • slaughter
  • slay
  • smother
  • snow
  • snuff
  • soak
  • spoil
  • squeeze
  • steal
  • stick
  • stiff
  • sting
  • strangle
  • strip
  • suck in
  • sucker
  • swindle
  • take
  • take a life
  • take advantage of
  • take in
  • take out
  • take to the cleaners
  • thimblerig
  • thrash
  • toy
  • trap
  • trick
  • trifle
  • trim
  • two-time
  • victimize
  • wanton
  • waste
  • wrench
  • wrest
  • wring

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