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Decapitation

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The act of beheading; beheading.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The act of beheading; beheading.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The act of beheading.

n. Summary removal from office.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. execution by cutting off the victim's head

n. killing by cutting off the head

Word Usage

"It's about as big as it gets, I guess, when you remember, Paula, that the war began with an attempt, what they called a decapitation attempt, a bombing of what they thought was a bunker that Saddam -- there was one other attempt like it in a restaurant in a part of the city."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

capital punishment death penalty executing execution putting to death

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

beheading

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Alsatian Americanization Appalachian Balkanization Christianization

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

death eviction recomposition expropriation behead