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Synonyms for decapitation
de·cap·i·ta·tion
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decapitationnoun
Synonyms:
beheading, decollation
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How to use decapitation in a sentence?
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.
Not only did it lack the correct blood pulsation for decapitation, but seems to have had the blood ‘faked’ with cornstarch.
He was going for a decapitation of the Ukrainian leadership, if you cut off the head you don’t need to invade everywhere else.
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.
Translations for decapitation
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- обезглавяванеBulgarian
- decapitacióCatalan, Valencian
- halshugningDanish
- EnthauptungGerman
- καρατόμηση, αποκεφαλισμόςGreek
- senkapigoEsperanto
- decapitaciónSpanish
- décapitationFrench
- dì-cheannadhScottish Gaelic
- lefejezésHungarian
- decapitazioneItalian
- 斬首Japanese
- ការកាត់ក្បាលKhmer
- onthoofdingDutch
- decapitaçãoPortuguese
- обезглавливаниеRussian
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