DECAPITATE in a Sentence

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For DECAPITATE, below is one of 3 sentences:
They did not hang Lady Jane Grey; they beheaded her. "Off with her head!" cried the Duchess, eager to decapitate poor Alice.

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 Meanings and Examples of DECAPITATE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
decapitate
 v.  behead; cut off the head of
Classic Sentence:
1  The infant Jesus, decapitated, was less fortunate than the Christ.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II—HOUGOMONT
2  There was something about it of the dirt which is on the point of being swept out, and something of the majesty which is on the point of being decapitated.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—IN WHICH LITTLE GAVROCHE EXTRACTS PROFIT FROM ...
Example Sentence:
1  They did not hang Lady Jane Grey; they beheaded her. "Off with her head!" cried the Duchess, eager to decapitate poor Alice.