'Decapitation' definitions:

Definition of 'decapitation'

(from WordNet)
noun
Execution by cutting off the victim's head [syn: decapitation, beheading]
noun
Killing by cutting off the head [syn: decapitation, beheading]

Definition of 'Decapitation'

From: GCIDE
  • Decapitation \De*cap`i*ta"tion\, n. [LL. decapitatio: cf. F. d['e]capitation.] The act of beheading; beheading. [1913 Webster]

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