Synonyms for decapitation

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dih-kap-i-teyt

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈkæp ɪˌteɪt

Top 10 synonyms for decapitation

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Définition of decapitation

Origin : 1640s, from French décapitation, from Medieval Latin decapitationem (nominative decapitatio), noun of action from past participle stem of Late Latin decapitare (see decapitate).

As in execution : noun killing

Example sentences :

Sometimes, in cases of capital punishment, decapitation was performed by degrees!
Extract from : « The Pirate City » by R.M. Ballantyne

It is true this might be done physically after decapitation, but it could not be done morally.
Extract from : « The Monikins » by J. Fenimore Cooper

The manner of it was decapitation, the instrument a mowing machine.
Extract from : « The Fiend's Delight » by Dod Grile

The price of contumacy was outlawry, and decapitation between the two columns.
Extract from : « Venice and its Story » by Thomas Okey

The shocking custom of decapitation owes its origin to superstition.
Extract from : « The Human Race » by Louis Figuier

"That must have been after the Queen's decapitation," said Berengaria.
Extract from : « Endymion » by Benjamin Disraeli

Guillotin introduces the machine for decapitation, bearing his name.
Extract from : « The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 » by Various

Why ought Charles I to have preferred burning to decapitation?
Extract from : « The Handbook of Conundrums » by Edith B. Ordway

In Germany the last witch was executed in 1749, by decapitation.
Extract from : « Religion & Sex » by Chapman Cohen

True it is that decapitation is a very common punishment in the Chinese army.
Extract from : « Under the Dragon Flag » by James Allan

Antonyms for decapitation

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