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DECAPITATION

\dɪkˌapɪtˈe͡ɪʃən], \dɪkˌapɪtˈe‍ɪʃən], \d_ɪ_k_ˌa_p_ɪ_t_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\

Definitions of DECAPITATION

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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execution by cutting off the victim's head
killing by cutting off the head

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

execution by cutting off the victim's head
killing by cutting off the head

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

The act of beheading; beheading.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

The act of beheading; beheading.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Cutting off fetal head to facilitate delivery.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

Removal of the head, as of the fetus or of a bone.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

That variety of embryotomy which consists in separating the head, of the fetus from the trunk, to facilitate delivery. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

n. The act of beheading;â€”state of being beheaded.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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