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Two heads

The two severed heads in Saint Martin.

"And what of you? The mighty Blackbeard. Beheaded, they say. Still, your body swam three times around your ship, then climbed back onboard."
Jack Sparrow to Blackbeard[src]

Decapitation, also known as beheading, was a mode of executing capital punishment by which the head was severed from the body.

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Jack guillotine

The executioner prepares to decapitate Jack Sparrow.

"I believe I was making a point. If you could just be patient."
"No! My head's about to be lopped off, hence the urgency!
"
Carina Smyth and Jack Sparrow[src]

Beheadings were a common form of torture among the pirates led by Mistress Ching, the Pirate Lord of the Pacific Ocean.[1][2] It was believed that the infamous pirate Blackbeard was killed in battle with the British Royal Navy in 1718. According to legends, Blackbeard was beheaded, and his headless body swam three times around his ship before climbing back onboard. However, that particular story was just a myth, because Blackbeard was still alive many years later.[3] During the Battle of Calypso's maelstrom Hector Barbossa fought and beheaded Morey.[4] At some point during the golden age of piracy, the French invented the guillotine, a machine for swift decapitation. By 1751, beheading became one of the common forms of capital punishment in the British colony of Saint Martin.[5]

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"You think a display of power is in order? A beheading?"
Queen Inez to Marquis Ramon[src] (2012 screenplay)

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