Used in a Sentence

decapitated

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for decapitated.

Editorial note

That thing looks like it was just decapitated and is in its death throes, running on reflex.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

With the head removed.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of decapitated gathered in one view.

adjective

With the head removed.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for decapitated.

Example sentences

1

That thing looks like it was just decapitated and is in its death throes, running on reflex.

2

My family had a close friend killed on the freeway when she ran into a stalled tractor trailer and it decapitated her.

3

They don't accomplish anything, and even if they did, it would be like putting a band-aid on a guy who's been decapitated.

4

I've seen a video where a guy decapitated himself with his gas powered toy helicopter.

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I really don't expect to see decapitated bodies when I randomly click a link.

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I've seen a video where a guy decapitated himself with his gas powered toy helicopter There are no toy gas powered helicopters.

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Very disturbing turn of events > Last October, Prime Minister David Cameron condemned Facebook's decision to allow videos showing people being decapitated back on its pages.

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> Last October, Prime Minister David Cameron condemned Facebook's decision to allow videos showing people being decapitated back on its pages.

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I don't like it - it's an improvement on the status quo, sure, but merely having an eye poked out instead of being decapitated is small comfort indeed.

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Maybe I'm just a bit paranoid, but on the web you're always one click away from a video of someone being burned alive or decapitated with a chainsaw.

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> an 18 year old in the NYC area actually was decapitated...

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Instead, talk to the child, and one might learn that they are not interesting to see people burned alive or decapitated with a chainsaws, and thus will close videos that has that kind of content.

Quote examples

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I would never buy a desk that had auto-up and auto-down, just like I'll never buy a car with auto-up windows after nearly getting decapitated by this "feature" in a Volkswagen Passat.

2

"Breaking: Man decapitated by gigant space boomerang"

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β€œHe was just decapitated β€” the whole top of his head was gone,” So I think it's safe to say that a witness report from a 13-year-old who misuses the word "decapitation" doesn't make for a good source.

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Another nugget from this article, "uber" was at that time (perhaps still is) the word for "witch" the article's findings--various attributes of these irregular burials--are summarized in spreadsheets available for download, so that you can cross-tabulate deviant burials by for instance, the presence of iron bars on the coffin, whether the corpse was decapitated, and so on.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use decapitated in a sentence?

That thing looks like it was just decapitated and is in its death throes, running on reflex.

What does decapitated mean?

With the head removed.

What part of speech is decapitated?

decapitated is commonly used as adjective.