Antonyms for decapitation
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dih-kap-i-teyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈkæp ɪˌteɪt |
Definition 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
- 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
Synonyms for decapitation
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