What's the difference between decapitation and execution?

Decapitation


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of beheading; beheading.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) However, decapitation did not eliminate the sex difference in the tissue content of P4 during control incubations.
  • (2) To understand the control mechanisms involved in the regulation of fetal glycogen, we have studied the effect of in utero fetal decapitations on glycogen metabolism in rabbit fetal heart, lung, and liver.
  • (3) After 21 days of gestation the morphine-dependent dams were decapitated and the foetal brains were dissected.
  • (4) Circulation was terminated by decapitation at 15s following injection.
  • (5) Rats were decapitated and the dissection begun either immediately ("0 min" samples) or 10 min later (10 min samples).
  • (6) When animals are decapitated a new head regenerates.
  • (7) The time course of hormonal peaks in decapitated females resembles that in starved females during the first post-ecdysial week, suggesting that some as yet unknown regulating mechanism of ECD production lies outside the head.
  • (8) At the end of the last stress period animals were decapitated and trunk blood was collected.
  • (9) After different time intervals the last infusion period to the EEG-criterion was followed by decapitation and samples from blood, brain, muscle and fat were analysed for hexobarbital content.
  • (10) An activation of phosphorylase which was not accompanied by a stable change in the activity of phosphorylase kinase was observed in hepatocytes incubated with phenylephrine, isoproterenol or vasopressin as well as on decapitation of unanesthetized animals.
  • (11) This same blunted response was not seen in chronic stress even if the animals are stressed immediately before decapitation.
  • (12) CC extracts and JHA were administered to decapitated females to determine their regulative effects on fat body protein synthesis.
  • (13) From a comparison of activation by strychnine and picrotoxin in normal and chronically decapitated embryos it was deduced that a spinal and a supraspinal component participated in their effect.
  • (14) The experimental animals were administered intraperitoneally benzene 6 X every 24 h. The animals were decapitated 30 min.
  • (15) In addition, in three unoperated rats decapitated 24 hours after MK-801 treatment, 3H-TCP binding was reduced by 15-35%; similar bilateral suppression of 3H-TCP binding was detected in MK-801-treated ligates.
  • (16) The neurons were identified antidromically either by stimulation of the hindlimb area in the anterior lobe of the cerebellum (in thalamic cats) or by stimulation of the contralateral ventrolateral funiculus of the spinal cord (in decapitate cats).
  • (17) Animals were killed by decapitation, and the subfornical organ was quickly dissected out and incubated for 6 h in a medium containing [35S]methionine and [35S]cysteine.
  • (18) He was kicked out of a share house after threatening to decapitate a housemate.
  • (19) Thus, in low-flow states, the decapitation time may be lengthened to 12 s, whereas in high-flow states, the time must be 5 s to eliminate the possibility of backflux of tracer out of the brain.
  • (20) [3H]tyrosine was administered to rats 10 minutes before decapitation, and the rate of its incorporation into [3H]dopamine and [3H]norepinephrine was measured in whole brain.

Execution


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to completion; performance; achievement; consummation; as, the execution of a plan, a work, etc.
  • (n.) A putting to death as a legal penalty; death lawfully inflicted; as, the execution of a murderer.
  • (n.) The act of the mode of performing a work of art, of performing on an instrument, of engraving, etc.; as, the execution of a statue, painting, or piece of music.
  • (n.) The carrying into effect the judgment given in a court of law.
  • (n.) A judicial writ by which an officer is empowered to carry a judgment into effect; final process.
  • (n.) The act of signing, and delivering a legal instrument, or giving it the forms required to render it valid; as, the execution of a deed, or a will.
  • (n.) That which is executed or accomplished; effect; effective work; -- usually with do.
  • (n.) The act of sacking a town.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He added: "There is a rigorous review process of applications submitted by the executive branch, spearheaded initially by five judicial branch lawyers who are national security experts and then by the judges, to ensure that the court's authorizations comport with what the applicable statutes authorize."
  • (2) Ciarán Devane, Macmillan's chief executive, welcomed the rethink.
  • (3) Matthias Müller, VW’s chief executive, said: “In light of the wide range of challenges we are currently facing, we are satisfied overall with the start we have made to what will undoubtedly be a demanding fiscal year 2016.
  • (4) Richard Hill, deputy chief executive at the Homes & Communities Agency , said: "As social businesses, housing associations already have a good record of re-investing their surpluses to build new homes and improve those of their existing tenants.
  • (5) In order for the club to grow and sustain its ability to be a competitive force in the Premier League, the board has made a number of decisions which will strengthen the club, support the executive team, manager and his staff and enhance shareholder return.
  • (6) They have actively intervened with governments, and particularly so in Africa.” José Luis Castro, president and chief executive officer of Vital Strategies, an organisation that promotes public health in developing countries, said: “The danger of tobacco is not an old story; it is the present.
  • (7) Other recommendations for immediate action included a review of the Nursing and Midwifery Council and the General Medical Council for doctors, with possible changes to their structures; the possible transfer of powers to launch criminal prosecutions for care scandals from the Health and Safety Executive to the Care Quality Council; and a new inspection regime, which would focus more closely on how clean, safe and caring hospitals were.
  • (8) Stringer, a Vietnam war veteran who was knighted in 1999, is already inside the corporation, if only for a few months, after he was appointed as one of its non-executive directors to toughen up the BBC's governance following a string of scandals, from the Jimmy Savile abuse to multimillion-pound executive payoffs.
  • (9) Lin Homer's CV Lin Homer left local for national government in 2005, giving up a £170,000 post as chief executive of Birmingham city council after just three years in post, to head the Immigration Service.
  • (10) The presence of an inverse correlation between certain tryptophan metabolites, shown previously to be bladder carcinogens, and the N-nitrosamine content, especially after loading, was interpreted in view of the possible conversion of some tryptophan metabolites into N-nitrosamines either under endovesical conditions or during the execution of the colorimetric determination of these compounds.
  • (11) It felt like my very existence was being denied,” said Hahn Chae-yoon, executive director of Beyond the Rainbow Foundation.
  • (12) Martin Wheatley will remain head of the Conduct Business Unit and become the future chief executive of the FCA.
  • (13) Evidence of the industrial panic surfaced at Digital Britain when Sly Bailey, the chief executive of Trinity Mirror, suggested that national newspaper websites that chased big online audiences have "devalued news" , whatever that might mean.
  • (14) Several types of neurons were differentiated on the basis of a study of neuronal activity in various parts of the cortex near the sulcus principalis during the execution of spatial delayed reactions by monkeys.
  • (15) The secretary of state should work constructively with frontline staff and managers rather than adversarially and commit to no administrative reorganisation.” Dr Jennifer Dixon, chief executive, Health Foundation “It will be crucial that the next government maintains a stable and certain environment in the NHS that enables clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to continue to transform care and improve health outcomes for their local populations.
  • (16) Roger Madelin, the chief executive of the developers Argent, which consulted the prince's aides on the £2bn plan to regenerate 27 hectares (67 acres) of disused rail land at Kings Cross in London, said the prince now has a similar stature as a consultee as statutory bodies including English Heritage, the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment and professional bodies including Riba and the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
  • (17) Arizona on Wednesday executed the oldest person on its death row, nearly 35 years after he was charged with murdering a Bisbee man during a robbery.
  • (18) In an exceptionally rare turn, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, a panel appointed by the governor that is almost always hardline on executions, recommended that his death sentence be commuted to life in prison because of his mental illness.
  • (19) "We were very disappointed when the DH decided to suspend printing Reduce the Risk, a vital resource in the prevention of cot death in the UK", said Francine Bates, chief executive of the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths, which helped produce the booklet.
  • (20) Later Downing Street elaborated on its position, pointing out that Brooks was a constituent of Cameron's and, in any case, "the prime minister regularly meets newspaper executives from lots of different companies".