decollate
verb (used with object)
to behead; decapitate.
decollation
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a word derived from
decollate.
Example Sentences
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According to this view of the matter, existence was not immediately destroyed by decollation.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
Sir,—Charles the First walked and talked one quarter of an hour, not half, as is erroneously supposed, after his decollation.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, May 24, 1890 by Various
Anybody can see how easily the story of the human witchcraft of Salome, and the decollation of the Saint, and the mixture of terror and gorgeousness in the desert fortress, parallel the Carthaginian story.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by George Saintsbury
On each anniversary of the decollation of Saint Winifred, this moss, and the stones of the fountain, assume the colour of blood.
From The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales by R. Rice Davies
There one finds her upon the day of the decollation of Saint John the Baptist, the fine August morning that starts the tale.
From Chivalry by James Branch Cabell
