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Noun
S:
(n)
decapitation
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beheading
(execution by cutting off the victim's head)
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S:
(n)
execution
,
executing
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capital punishment
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death penalty
(putting a condemned person to death)
S:
(n)
corporal punishment
(the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime)
S:
(n)
punishment
,
penalty
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penalization
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penalisation
(the act of punishing)
S:
(n)
social control
(control exerted (actively or passively) by group action)
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full hyponym
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S:
(n)
group action
(action taken by a group of people)
S:
(n)
act
,
deed
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human action
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human activity
(something that people do or cause to happen)
S:
(n)
event
(something that happens at a given place and time)
S:
(n)
psychological feature
(a feature of the mental life of a living organism)
S:
(n)
abstraction
,
abstract entity
(a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
S:
(n)
entity
(that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
S:
(n)
event
(something that happens at a given place and time)
S:
(n)
psychological feature
(a feature of the mental life of a living organism)
S:
(n)
abstraction
,
abstract entity
(a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
S:
(n)
entity
(that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
S:
(n)
decapitation
,
beheading
(killing by cutting off the head)
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
Verb
S:
(v)
decapitate
,
behead
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decollate
(cut the head of)
"the French King was beheaded during the Revolution"
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S:
(v)
kill
(cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly)
"This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"
verb group
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cause
phrasal verb
derivationally related form
sentence frame
sentence frame