decapitation
di ka pi tay shuhn
- n execution by cutting off the victim's head
- n killing by cutting off the head
- Major themes of the precode horror comics are decapitation, or dismemberment, or disfigurement of some kind, such as destruction of the face by acid, or the poking out of eyes.
- Ever since 1789 when Joseph-Ignace Guillotin advocated swift and painless decapitation as a way to put people to death, the guillotine, designed by others, has served as a .
- For him, the decapitation of the mosque in Samarra was an omen of doom.