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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. execution by cutting off the victim's head;
[syn: decapitation, beheading]

2. killing by cutting off the head;
[syn: decapitation, beheading]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

decapitation
    n 1: execution by cutting off the victim's head [syn:
         decapitation, beheading]
    2: killing by cutting off the head [syn: decapitation,
       beheading]