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Decapitation

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de·cap·i·tate  (d-kp-tt)
tr.v. de·cap·i·tat·ed, de·cap·i·tat·ing, de·cap·i·tates
To cut off the head of; behead.
[Late Latin dcapitre, dcapitt- : Latin d-, de- + Latin caput, capit-, head; see kaput- in Indo-European roots.]
de·capi·tation n.
de·capi·tator n.
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Noun1.Decapitationdecapitation - execution by cutting off the victim's head
beheading
capital punishment, death penalty, executing, execution - putting a condemned person to death
2.decapitation - killing by cutting off the head
beheading
kill, putting to death, killing - the act of terminating a life
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Taking a few turns on the quarter-deck, he paused to gaze over the side, then slowly getting into the main-chains he took Stubb's long spade --still remaining there after the whale's decapitation --and striking it into the lower part of the half-suspended mass, placed its other end crutch-wise under one arm, and so stood leaning over with eyes attentively fixed on this head.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
cried Tom, as he fired again, and such was the killing power of the electric bullets that the snake, though an immense one, and one that short of decapitation could have received many injuries without losing power, seemed to shrivel up.
Tom Swift In The Land Of Wonders by Appleton, Victor View in context
Who would believe that there could be any one so cruel as to long for the decapitation of the luckless Pedro; yet the sailors pray every minute, selfish fellows, that the miserable fowl may be brought to his end.
Typee by Melville, Herman View in context
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