decapitation vs torment

decapitation

noun
  • Beheading; the act of beheading or decapitating. 

  • The ousting or destruction of the ruling body of a government or other organization. 

  • The unseating of a senior politician. 

torment

noun
  • Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture. 

  • Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental. 

verb
  • To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.) 

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