Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: decapitation  di,ka-pu'tey-shun
  1. Execution by cutting off the victim's head
    - beheading
     
  2. Killing by cutting off the head
    - beheading

Derived forms: decapitations

Type of: capital punishment, death penalty, executing, execution, kill, killing, putting to death

Encyclopedia: Decapitation

Nearest

decanal
decane
decanedioic acid
decani
decanoic acid
decant
decantation
decanter
decapitate
decapitated
decapitation
decapod
decapod crustacean
Decapoda
decapsulate
Decapterus
Decapterus macarellus
Decapterus punctatus
decarbonate
decarbonise
decarbonize