English-Danish translations for decapitation

• halshugning
  Vi har også hørt skrækkelige historier om offentlige henrettelser, tortur, stening, halshugning og afhugning af lemmer. We have also had distressing reports of public executions, torture, stoning, decapitation and amputation.
  De folk, vi talte med, fortalte om halshugning, brænding, brutalitet, rædsel og forfærdelige lidelser. We heard of decapitation, burning, brutality, terror and awful suffering from the people that we spoke to.
  Det er utilladeligt, at vi i vores lande eller noget andet sted accepterer arkaiske og umenneskelige handlinger såsom omskæring af kvinder, æresdrab, stening eller endog halshugning. It is intolerable that, in our countries and throughout the world, archaic and inhumane practices such as excision, honour crimes, stoning and decapitation should be accepted.

Definition of decapitation

• Beheading; the act of beheading or decapitating
• The ousting or destruction of the ruling body of a government or other organization
• The unseating of a senior politician

Examples

• If the headsmans axe was sharp and his aim was true, decapitation was a quick and relatively painless form of death
• A decapitation strike carried out by drone killed many of the countrys senior generals.
• The decapitation of the Foreign Secretary was a significant publicity coup for the opposition.

Related words

• decapitate
• decapitated
• decapitator
• internal decapitation
• to decapitate