Meaning
- (noun) Beheading; the act of beheading or decapitating
- (noun) The ousting or destruction of the ruling body of a government or other organization. “A decapitation strike carried out by drone killed many of the country's senior generals.”
- (noun) The unseating of a senior politician. “The decapitation of the Foreign Secretary was a significant publicity coup for the opposition.”
Synonyms
Letter breakdown
- Decapitation contains 12 letters: 6 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
- It uses 9 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 5.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 17.
Connected words
Other 12-letter words
- abbreviating
- abbreviation
- abolitionist
- abominations
- abortionists
- abrasiveness
- abridgements
- abstractedly
- abstractions
- abstractness
- abstruseness
- academically
- academicians
- accelerating
- acceleration
- accelerators
- accentuating
- accentuation
Words starting with DEC
- decade
- decadence
- decadent
- decadently
- decadents
- decades
- decaf
- decaffeinate
- decaffeinated
- decaffeinates
- decaffeinating
- decal
- decals
- decamp
- decamped
- decamping
- decamps
- decant
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Words ending with ION
Words from these letters
- anticipated
- anticipate
- captained
- captioned
- depiction
- dictation
- anecdota
- antidote
- attained
- canopied
- citation
- indicate
- optician
- pedantic
- petition
- pittance
- aconite
- antacid
- captain
- caption
- dictate
- diction
- edition
- incited
- notepad
- noticed
- painted
- patient
- patinae
- picante
- pointed
- tainted
- tapioca
- tiptoed
- titanic
- action
- atoned
- attain
- attend
- canoed
- canted
- cation
- catnap
- catnip
- catted
- coated
- coined
- copied
- deacon
- decant
- depict
- detain
- docent
- donate
- incite
- indict
- intact
- iodine
- notice
Reader questions
What does Decapitation mean?
Beheading; the act of beheading or decapitating
How many letters are in Decapitation?
Decapitation has 12 letters.
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