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Beheading

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An instance of a person being beheaded. countable, uncountable

    "A large crowd gathered to see the beheading."

  2. 2
    killing by cutting off the head wordnet
  3. 3
    execution by cutting off the victim's head wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of behead form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From behead + -ing.

Etymology 2

From behead + -ing.

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