English-German translations for decapitation

• Enthauptung die
  Auch Saudi-Arabien, wo bereits geringfügige Verfehlungen wie Alkoholkonsum mit Enthauptung bestraft werden, zählt zu den brutalen Regimes der Region. Saudi Arabia is also brutal in its decapitations for misdemeanours, like alcohol consumption.
  Es ist nicht hinnehmbar, dass in unseren Ländern und weltweit solch archaische und unmenschliche Praktiken wie Beschneidung, Ehrenmord, Steinigung und Enthauptung akzeptiert werden. 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.
• Dekapitation
• Hinrichtung die

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