Synonyms for decapitation
de·cap·i·ta·tion

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1. decapitationnoun

   Synonyms:
   beheading

2. decapitationnoun

   The act of beheading; beheading.

   If the headsman's axe was sharp and his aim was true, decapitation was a quick and relatively painless form of death

   Synonyms:
   beheading

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1. decapitation, beheadingnoun

   execution by cutting off the victim's head

   Synonyms:
   beheading

2. decapitation, beheadingnoun

   killing by cutting off the head

   Synonyms:
   beheading

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1. • Execution
   • Killing

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1. decapitationnoun

   Synonyms:
   beheading, decollation

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1. List of paraphrases for "decapitation":

   beheading

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How to use decapitation in a sentence?

1. Anthony Shaffer:

   He was going for a decapitation of the Ukrainian leadership, if you cut off the head you don’t need to invade everywhere else.

2. Radio Mocambique:

   Unknown persons killed by decapitation at least 10 people in recent days in the administrative post of Olumbi, Palma district, in the north of Cabo Delgado province.

3. Veryan Khan:

   Not only did it lack the correct blood pulsation for decapitation, but seems to have had the blood ‘faked’ with cornstarch.

4. Andre Strauss:

   This ritualized decapitation attests to the early sophistication of mortuary rituals among hunter-gatherers in the Americas, geographically, it expands the known range of decapitation in more than 2,000 kilometers (about 1,240 miles), showing that during the early Holocene, this was not a phenomenon restricted to the western part of the continent as previously assumed.