"decapitation" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /dɪˌkæp.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/ [UK], /diˌkæp.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/ [UK], /ˈdi.kæp.əˌteɪ.ʃən/ [General-American], /ˈdi.kæp.əˌteɪ.ʃɪn/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-decapitation.wav [Southern-England], En-us-decapitation.ogg [US] Forms: decapitations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From French décapitation. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|décapitation}} French décapitation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} decapitation (countable and uncountable, plural decapitations)
  1. Beheading; the act of beheading or decapitating. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Capital punishment Translations (beheading): κεφαλοτόμος (kephalotómos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), قَطْعُ الرَّأَس (qaṭʕu r-raʔas) (Arabic), абезгало́ўліванне (abjezhalóŭlivannje) [neuter] (Belarusian), обезглавяване (obezglavjavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), decapitació [feminine] (Catalan), 斬首 (Chinese Mandarin), 斩首 (zhǎnshǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), 斬罪 (Chinese Mandarin), 斩罪 (zhǎnzuì) (Chinese Mandarin), 斷頭 (Chinese Mandarin), 断头 (duàntóu) (Chinese Mandarin), 殺頭 (Chinese Mandarin), 杀头 (shātóu) (Chinese Mandarin), 問斬 (Chinese Mandarin), 问斩 (wènzhǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), halshugning [common-gender] (Danish), onthoofding (Dutch), senkapigo (Esperanto), mestaus (Finnish), décapitation [feminine] (French), decapitación [feminine] (Galician), თავის მოკვეთა (tavis moḳveta) (Georgian), Enthauptung [feminine] (German), Dekapitation [feminine] (German), Köpfung [feminine] (German), Köpfen [neuter] (German), αποκεφαλισμός (apokefalismós) [masculine] (Greek), καρατόμηση (karatómisi) [feminine] (Greek), עריפת ראש (arifát rosh) [feminine] (Hebrew), lefejezés (Hungarian), pemancungan (Indonesian), pancung (Indonesian), decapitation (Interlingua), decapitazione [feminine] (Italian), 斬首 (zanshu) (Japanese), 打ち首 (uchikubi) (Japanese), бас шабу (bas şabu) (Kazakh), ការកាត់ក្បាល (kaa kat kbaal) (Khmer), 참수 (chamsu) (alt: 斬首) (Korean), pōutonga (o te kakī) (Maori), halshogging [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), halshugging [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), dekapitasjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), halshogging [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), dekapitasjon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), dekapitacja [feminine] (Polish), decapitação [feminine] (Portuguese), обезгла́вливание (obezglávlivanije) [neuter] (Russian), dì-cheannadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), dekapitácia [feminine] (Slovak), decapitación [feminine] (Spanish), dekapitering [common-gender] (Swedish), halshuggning [common-gender] (Swedish), boynunu vurma (Turkish), başını kesme (Turkish), dekapitasyon (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-decapitation-en-noun-kgFOZOsU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 9 46 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 55 7 38 Disambiguation of 'beheading': 94 3 3
  2. The ousting or destruction of the ruling body of a government or other organization. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-decapitation-en-noun-Mi2limqV
  3. (politics) The unseating of a senior politician. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Politics
    Sense id: en-decapitation-en-noun-wYHP6NYz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 9 46 Topics: government, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: beheading Derived forms: decapitation strike, decapitation secretion

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2009 May 1, Andrew Denham, Kieron O'Hara, Democratising Conservative leadership selection: from grey suits to grass roots, page 108",
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