beheading
noun
- act or process of removing the head, decapitating
Wiktionary
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English behead English -ing English beheading From behead + -ing.
- An instance of a person being beheaded.
“A large crowd gathered to see the beheading.”
“The guillotine was meant to humanize beheadings, but allowed the French Revolution to execute people at an industrial rate.”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree English behead English -ing English beheading From behead + -ing.
- present participle and gerund of behead