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Noun
S:
(n)
decapitation
,
beheading
(execution by cutting off the victim's head)
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
S:
(n)
execution
,
executing
,
capital punishment
,
death penalty
(putting a condemned person to death)
direct hyponym
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full hyponym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
derivationally related form
W:
(n)
executioner
[Related to:
execution
] (an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant)
W:
(v)
execute
[Related to:
execution
,
executing
] (kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment)
"In some states, criminals are executed"
S:
(n)
decapitation
,
beheading
(killing by cutting off the head)
Verb
S:
(v)
decapitate
,
behead
,
decollate
(cut the head of)
"the French King was beheaded during the Revolution"