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decapitation|dɪkæpɪˈteɪʃən|
[a. F. décapitation = med.L. dēcapitātion-em, n. of action f. dēcapitāre: see prec.]
1. The action of decapitating; the fact of being decapitated.
1650Arnway Alarum, etc. (1661) 76 (T.) His decapitation for the clear truth of God. a1794Sir W. Jones Suhridbheda (R.), It is better to lose life by decapitation, than to desert a prince. 1839James Louis XIV, IV. 355 The punishment for high treason committed by a person of noble family..was decapitation.
b. Obstetr. Med. of the fœtus.
1876Leishman Midwifery xxx. (ed. 2) 565.
c. Math. (See decapitate v. 1 b.)
1884Cayley in Amer. Jrnl. Math. VII. i. 10 By decapitation we always diminish the weight, but we do not diminish the degree.
2. Zool. The spontaneous division and detachment of the hydranths of tubularian Hydrozoa when mature. (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1882.)
3. U.S. politics. Summary dismissal from office.
1869N.Y. Herald 5 Aug. (Farmer), The clerks in the Treasury Department begin to feel anxious, as the work of decapitation will soon make an end of them also. 1885H. Davis Amer. Const. 35, I have already referred to Jackson's wholesale decapitation of the Federal officials upon his accession to the Presidency. |