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Decollated

decollate \de*col"late\ (d[-e]*k[o^]l"l[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decollated; p. pr. & vb. n. Decollating.] [L. decollatus, p. p. of decollare to behead; de- + collum neck.] To sever from the neck; to behead; to decapitate.

The decollated head of St. John the Baptist.
--Burke.

Decollated

Decollated \De*col"la*ted\, a. (Zo["o]l.) Decapitated; worn or cast off in the process of growth, as the apex of certain univalve shells.

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decollated

vb. (en-past of: decollate)

Usage examples of "decollated".

Heavy as an ivied tower, it crashed the blackness, decollated, to the sound of brass, like something in son et lumière.