beheading

(noun, verb)

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