Decapitation

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of beheading.
  • noun. Summary removal from office.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of beheading; beheading.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of beheading; beheading.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. execution by cutting off the victim's head
  • noun. 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."
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    beheading