Decapitation

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DECAPITATION, punishment. The punishment of putting a person to death by taking off his head.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.
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UNITED States agents have broken up a plot to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and shoot or decapitate 102 black people in a murder spree in Tennessee.
IN BRIEF: Obama murder plot averted
"PC Blakelock suffered something in excess of 40 stab-type injuries and there appears to have been an attempt made to decapitate him.
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Dubai: A man was acquitted of the charge of threatening to decapitate his wife by a Dubai court Tuesday.
Husband acquitted of death threat charges
Moreover, they devour and decapitate the ants in the same way that related flies do native U.S.
When this fly arrives, ants' heads roll
The terrorist group employed their cars to drag the Syrian army soldiers on the streets before they tried to kill and decapitate them.
Terrorists Abuse, Decapitate Syrian Soldiers

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