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  2. Decapitation - Wikipedia

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    Decapitation is the total separation of the head from the body. Such an injury is invariably fatal to humans and most other animals, since it deprives the brain of ...

  3. Capital punishment - Wikipedia

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    Decapitation was the method of execution prescribed for more serious crimes such as treason and sedition. Despite the great discomfort involved, most of the Tang Chinese preferred strangulation to decapitation, as a result of the traditional Tang Chinese belief that the body is a gift from the parents and that it is, therefore, disrespectful to ...

  4. Guillotine - Wikipedia

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    The execution of King Louis XVI Queen Marie Antoinette's execution on 16 October 1793 The execution of Maximilien Robespierre; the person who had just been executed in this drawing is Georges Couthon. Robespierre is the figure marked "10" in the tumbrel, holding a handkerchief to his shattered jaw.

  5. List of methods of capital punishment - Wikipedia

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    The execution method is associated with counterfeits (by pouring down the neck) or traitors (by pouring on the head). [6] Brazen bull. The victim was put inside an iron bull statue and then cooked alive after a fire was lit under it (of disputed historicity). Crushing: By a weight, abruptly or as a slow ordeal.

  6. Atlanto-occipital dislocation - Wikipedia

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    Atlanto-occipital dislocation, orthopedic decapitation, or internal decapitation describes ligamentous separation of the spinal column from the skull base. It is possible for a human to survive such an injury; however, 70% of cases result in immediate death .

  7. Garrote - Wikipedia

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    A 1901 execution at the old Bilibid Prison, Manila, Philippines. A garrote (/ ɡ ə ˈ r ɒ t, ɡ ə ˈ r oʊ t / gə-RO(H)T; alternatively spelled as garotte and similar variants) [1] or garrote vil (Spanish: [ɡaˈrote ˈβil]) is a weapon and a method of capital punishment.

  8. Decapitation (military strategy) - Wikipedia

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    Decapitation is a military strategy aimed at removing the leadership or command and control of a hostile government or group. [1] [2] In nuclear warfare

  9. Category:Deaths by decapitation - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Deaths by decapitation" The following 146 pages are in this category, out of 146 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *