Decapitation

Decapitation is the act of severing one's head from the remainder of its body. This is facilitated as either a deliberate act of murder, or as a method of execution. In nearly all cases, the act of decapitation is fatal for the individual. You can't live without a head. However, there are probably some alien races out there that can regenerate enough tissue that they could conceivably recover from such a severe injury. Robots may also be decapitated, but this does not necessarily yield a termination of their systems.

Examples

 * Attack of the Crab Monsters: Upon first arriving at the mysterious South Pacific island, a seaman named Tate fell off the raft into the water. A crab monster attacked him and ate his head! The other members of his team pulled his headless body out of the water and covered him up.


 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith: Anakin Skywalker cuts Count Dooku's head during their final confrontation on the Invisible Hand on a mission to rescue Chancellor Palpatine.
 * Wolverine Vol 2 73: Wolverine used his Adamantium claws to decapitate Sentinel 3.14159, but it repaired itself minutes later.