decollation
Severing the neck
Decollation is the act of beheading—removing someone's head, especially as a form of execution.
The word appears mainly in historical and religious contexts: the decollation of Saint John the Baptist.
It sounds clinical compared to beheading, which may explain its rarity outside formal or archaic usage.
Removal of head
- guillotineVertical beheading apparatus
- scaffoldTemporary elevated work structure
- executionerOne who kills condemned
- bladeFlat cutting edge
axe · block · capital punishment · severing · chopping · headsman · martyr · condemned
Biblical princess who danced
- HerodAncient Judean king
- martyrdomSuffering for conviction
- feast daySaint's commemorative holiday
- hagiographyIdealized biographical writing
relic · iconography · altarpiece · patron saint · veneration · liturgical · Catholic · charger
Organized digital information collection
- sortingArranging into sequence
- character setDefined group of symbols
- indexAlphabetical guide to contents
- SQLDatabase manipulation language
normalization · locale · encoding · data processing · alphabetization · MySQL
beheading
Removal of head
- guillotineVertical beheading apparatus
- scaffoldTemporary elevated work structure
- executionerOne who kills condemned
blade · axe · block · capital punishment · severing · chopping · headsman · martyr · condemned · sentence
Salome
Biblical princess who danced
hagiography · relic · iconography · altarpiece · patron saint · veneration · liturgical · Catholic · charger · platter
database
Organized digital information collection
- sortingArranging into sequence
- character setDefined group of symbols
- indexAlphabetical guide to contents
SQL · normalization · locale · encoding · data processing · alphabetization · MySQL
decollationhanging
Execution by noose
strangulation · garroting · crucifixion · electrocution · lethal injection
decollationreattachment
Reconnecting something separated
anastomosis · suturing · rejoining · grafting · preservation