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decapitation
complete separation of the head from the body
Details
- Instance of
- execution method, cause of death
- Subclass of
- capital punishment, execution
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Pauly–Wissowa
- named after
- head
- related category
- Category:People executed by decapitation
- topic's main category
- Category:Decapitation
Connected on Wikidata
Subject of
- beheading video
- Die Strafen der Vorzeit und Gegenwart
- Decollatio (Pauly-Wissowa)
- 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Beheading
- Japanese boy, 14, tried to behead his school's pet goat after trying to copy ISIS beheading videos
- We have no choice but to cut off that dirty neck that has lunged at us without a moment's hesitation. Are you ready?
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