1. to behead or remove the head from
Usage: formal; technical
2. to separate continuous-form computer paper at perforations
Usage: computing; printing

Examples

• The executioner decollates the condemned prisoner.
• The printer decollates the multi-part forms after printing.
• Workers must decollate the computer printouts before filing.
• The machine automatically decollates the perforated paper.
• She decollates the carbon copies from the original forms.
• The guillotine was designed to decollate quickly and efficiently.