decapitating

UK
/dɪˈkæpɪteɪtɪŋ/
US
/dɪˈkæpɪˌteɪtɪŋ/
decapitatingnoun
Gerund: the act or process of removing a head.
Definiciones
The act or process of cutting off a head; decapitation.
Public decapitating was used as a deterrent in medieval times.
Sinónimos
decapitatinggerund / present participle
UK
/dɪˈkæpɪteɪtɪŋ/
US
/dɪˈkæpɪteɪtɪŋ/
Present-participle adjective meaning ‘that cuts off heads’ or figuratively removes leadership.
Traducciones
The decapitating blow was swift and precise.
Обезглавливающий удар был быстрым и точным.
Definiciones
Causing or capable of causing the removal of a head.
The decapitating blow of the guillotine was swift and final.
Metaphorically removing the leadership or highest level of an organization or group.
The decapitating strategy aimed to dismantle the company's management structure.
decapitateverb

decapitating

Gerund

decapitated
Past Simple
decapitated
Past Participle
decapitating
Gerund
UK
/dɪˈkæpɪteɪt/
US
/dɪˈkæpɪˌteɪt/
Traducciones
The executioner was ordered to decapitate the prisoner.
Палачу было приказано обезглавить заключенного.
Definiciones
To cut off the head of a person or animal.
The executioner was ordered to decapitate the prisoner at dawn.
To undermine or remove the leadership or top management of an organization or group.
The scandal threatened to decapitate the company's board of directors.
To remove the uppermost part of something, such as the blossom of a flower or the crown of a tree, by cutting it off.
The gardener accidentally decapitated several tulips while trimming the hedge.
Sinónimos
cut off the head of
remove the head of