nnoun.actexecution by cutting off the victim's headSynset:decapitation
Hypernyms:capital punishment death penalty executing execution
Inherited Hypernyms:decapitationexecutioncorporal punishmentpunishmentsocial controlgroup actionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:decapitationexecutioncorporal punishmentpunishmentsocial controlgroup actioneventpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.actkilling by cutting off the headSynset:decapitation
Hypernyms:kill killing putting to death
Inherited Hypernyms:decapitationkillingterminationchange of statechangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.contactcut the head ofSynset:behead decapitate decollate
Examples:- the French King was beheaded during the Revolution
Hypernyms:kill
Inherited Hypernyms:decapitatekill
Direct Hyponyms:guillotine
Full Troponyms:guillotine
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | They want to --- the prisoners (apply to: behead, decapitate)