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DECAPITATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Killing by cutting off the head

Synonyms:

beheading; decapitation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("decapitation" is a kind of...):

kill; killing; putting to death (the act of terminating a life)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Execution by cutting off the victim's head

Synonyms:

beheading; decapitation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("decapitation" is a kind of...):

capital punishment; death penalty; executing; execution (putting a condemned person to death)

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