DECAPITATION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • killing by cutting off the head
   Synonym(s)
   • beheading (what does beheading mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) decapitation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • killing (what does killing mean?)
   • kill (what does kill mean?)
   • putting to death (what does putting to death mean?)
2. Meaning
   • execution by cutting off the victim’’s head
   Synonym(s)
   • beheading (what does beheading mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) decapitation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • execution (what does execution mean?)
   • executing (what does executing mean?)
   • capital punishment (what does capital punishment mean?)
   • death penalty (what does death penalty mean?)