Decapitation synonyms

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impalement (related)
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dismemberment (related)
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beheading
An instance of at least one person being beheaded.
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disembowelment (related)
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strangulation (related)
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capital-punishment
The practice or legal sanction of allowing the imposition of the penalty of death for people convicted of committing certain crimes.
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the block
killing by cutting off the head
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the ax
killing by cutting off the head
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execution (related)
(Archaic) Effective, punitive, or destructive action.
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Find another word for decapitation. In this page you can discover 9 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for decapitation, like: impalement, dismemberment, beheading, disembowelment, strangulation, capital-punishment, the block, the ax and execution.
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Decapitation Sentence Examples

  • However, because the muscles and vertebrae of the neck are tough, decapitation may require more than one blow.

  • Gory acts such as decapitation, pulling the arms off of an opponent, or tearing their bodies in half were just a few of the moves.

  • That's because the Mortal Kombat characters partook in some incredibly violent maneuvers, including decapitation and hearts being ripped out of chests.

  • On the scaffold, "by the clemency of the empress," his punishment was mitigated to the severing of his right hand followed by decapitation.

  • Yet their decapitation strategy only succeeded in removing one Tory minister (Tim Collins) and there was no widespread desertion from Labor.

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