decapitationn.

/dɪkapɪˈteɪʃən/

Etymology: < French décapitation = medieval Latin dēcapitātion-em , noun of action < dēcapitāre : see decapitate v.

a. The action of decapitating; the fact of being decapitated.

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society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > beheading

beheading?c1225

decollationa1387

headinga1400

fasces1641

decolling1648

decapitation1650

beheadal1859

1650 J. Arnway Alarum (1661) 76 (T.) His decapitation for the clear truth of God.

a1794 W. Jones Suhridbheda (R.) It is better to lose life by decapitation, than to desert a prince.

1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV IV. 355 The punishment for high treason committed by a person of noble family..was decapitation.

b. Obstetrics of the fœtus.

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1876 Leishman Midwifery (ed. 2) xxx. 565.

c. Mathematics. (See decapitate v. 1b.)

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1884 A. Cayley in Amer. Jrnl. Math. 7 i. 10 By decapitation we always diminish the weight, but we do not diminish the degree.

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2. Zoology. The spontaneous division and detachment of the hydranths of tubularian Hydrozoa when mature. ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1882.)

3. U.S. Politics. Summary dismissal from office.

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society > occupation and work > lack of work > [noun] > dismissal or discharge

discharginga1398

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quietus est1530

conduction1538

cassing1550

remove1553

destitution1554

mittimus1596

dismissionc1600

quietus1635

removal1645

cashierment1656

separation1779

dismissing1799

dismissala1806

to give (a person) the sack1825

bullet1841

congee1847

decapitation1869

G.B.1880

the shove1899

spear1912

bob-tail1915

severance1941

sacking1958

termination1974

1869 N.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.

1885 H. Davis Amer. Constit. 35 I have already referred to Jackson's wholesale decapitation of the Federal officials upon his accession to the Presidency.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	decapitation
释义	decapitationn. /dɪkapɪˈteɪʃən/ Etymology: < French décapitation = medieval Latin dēcapitātion-em , noun of action < dēcapitāre : see decapitate v. 1. a. The action of decapitating; the fact of being decapitated. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > beheading beheading?c1225 decollationa1387 headinga1400 fasces1641 decolling1648 decapitation1650 beheadal1859 1650 J. Arnway Alarum (1661) 76 (T.) His decapitation for the clear truth of God. a1794 W. Jones Suhridbheda (R.) It is better to lose life by decapitation, than to desert a prince. 1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV IV. 355 The punishment for high treason committed by a person of noble family..was decapitation. b. Obstetrics of the fœtus. ΚΠ 1876 Leishman Midwifery (ed. 2) xxx. 565. c. Mathematics. (See decapitate v. 1b.) ΚΠ 1884 A. Cayley in Amer. Jrnl. Math. 7 i. 10 By decapitation we always diminish the weight, but we do not diminish the degree. Thesaurus » Categories » 2. Zoology. The spontaneous division and detachment of the hydranths of tubularian Hydrozoa when mature. ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1882.) 3. U.S. Politics. Summary dismissal from office. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > lack of work > [noun] > dismissal or discharge discharginga1398 discharge1523 quietus est1530 conduction1538 cassing1550 remove1553 destitution1554 mittimus1596 dismissionc1600 quietus1635 removal1645 cashierment1656 separation1779 dismissing1799 dismissala1806 to give (a person) the sack1825 bullet1841 congee1847 decapitation1869 G.B.1880 the shove1899 spear1912 bob-tail1915 severance1941 sacking1958 termination1974 1869 N.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. 1885 H. Davis Amer. Constit. 35 I have already referred to Jackson's wholesale decapitation of the Federal officials upon his accession to the Presidency. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1650
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