Hypertext Webster Gateway: "decapitation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Decapitation \De*cap`i*ta"tion\, n. [LL. decapitatio: cf. F.
d['e]capitation.]
The act of beheading; beheading.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
decapitation
n 1: execution by cutting off the victim's head [syn: {beheading}]
2: killing by cutting off the head [syn: {beheading}]
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