Definition of Decapitated

1. Adjective. Having had the head cut off. "The beheaded prisoners"

Exact synonyms: Beheaded
Similar to: Headless

Definition of Decapitated

1. Adjective. With the head removed. ¹

2. Verb. (past of decapitate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Decapitated

1. decapitate [v] - See also: decapitate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Decapitated

decapacitated
decapacitates
decapacitating
decapartite
decapentaplegic
decapeptide
decapeptides
decaphyllous
decapitalize
decapitalized
decapitalizes
decapitalizing
decapitate
decapitated
decapitates
decapitating
decapitation
decapitations
decapitator
decapitators
decaplet
decaplets
decapod
decapod crustacean
decapoda
decapodal
decapodan
decapodans

Literary usage of Decapitated

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1890)
"I April—June iS$5_ .; OBSERVATIONS ON Decapitated SILKWORM MOTHS. N. Passerini finds that decapitated silk— worm moths live a long time, but are tor— - pid, ..."

2. The Journal of Comparative Neurology and Psychology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1908)
"were decapitated by pinching with fine forceps. The heads were cut off, ... The larvae used in the following experiments were decapitated on July 10 and in ..."

3. The Physiology of Man: Designed to Represent the Existing State of by Austin Flint (1873)
"Movements in decapitated animals—Definition and applications of the term '' reflex "—Reflex action of the spinal cord—History of the discovery of so-called ..."

4. The wandering Jew by Eugène Sue (1845)
"THE RUINS OF THE ABBEY OF SAINT JOHN THE Decapitated. THE sun is declining. At the extremity of an immense forest of pines, in the depths of a gloomy ..."

5. A Text-book of Human Physiology: Designed for the Use of Practitioners and by Austin Flint (1876)
"... nerve-centre—Movements in decapitated animals—Definition and applications of the term " reflex "—Reflex action of the spinal cord—Question of sensation ..."

6. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1895)
"After being decapitated, his body was thrown into the sea. This took place about 1820. The story is told at some length in ..."

7. A Second Visit to the United States of North America by Charles Lyell (1849)
"Cabbage Palms, or Tree Palmettos.—Deceptive Appearance of Submarine Forest.—Alligators swallowing Flints.—Their Tenacity of Life when decapitated. ..."

8. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"On 18 October, 1646, when entering a cabin he was struck with a tomahawk and afterwards decapitated. The head was fixed on the palisades and the body thrown ..."

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