decapitation
n. 斩首; 杀头; 断头术; 大辟
If someone is decapitated, their head is cut off.
A worker was decapitated when a lift plummeted down the shaft on top of him...
电梯沿着电梯井垂直坠落,把一名工人砸得身首异处。
He recently decapitated a tramp on the London Underground.
他最近在伦敦地铁里将一个流浪汉的头砍了下来。
1. execution by cutting off the victim's head
2. killing by cutting off the head
Far from satiating voters'thirst for blood, the speaker's decapitation may have whetted it.
选民的嗜血心态远远未得到满足, 议长的撤换只是进一步刺激了这一渴望.
Israel's decapitation of Hamas will further weaken whatever influence Hamas had over them.
以色列对于哈马斯的“斩首行动”只会进一步削弱哈马斯对武装人员的控制力.