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Beheading

Behead

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Beheading

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Decapitation

The act of beheading beheading

Decollation

The act of beheading or state of one beheaded especially used of the execution of St John the Baptist

Decapitate

To cut off the head of to behead

decollate

To sever from the neck to behead to decapitate

Maiden

Maiden, A young unmarried woman. 2. (Scots Law) An instrument used to behead criminals. It was the proto type of the guillotine. Hence, 'to kiss the maiden was to be put

Guillotine

A machine for beheading a person by one stroke of a heavy ax or blade which slides in vertical guides is raised

Headless

Having no head beheaded as a headless body neck or carcass

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