beheading
noun
1. execution by cutting off the victim's head
Similar word(s): decapitation
Definition categories: act, executing, execution
2. killing by cutting off the head
Similar word(s): decapitation
Definition categories: act, kill, killing
Sentences with beheading as a noun:
- A large crowd gathered to see the beheading
- The guillotine was meant to humanize beheadings but allowed the French Revolution to execute by beheading at an industrial rate
verb
1. present participle of behead