Beheading

Synonyms for "beheading" (26 found)

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Noun(1 words)
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Related words (13)

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Translations

35 translations across 26 languages.

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Catalan

1 entries
  • decapitació noun (an instance of beheading)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 問斬 /问斩 noun (an instance of beheading)
  • 斬罪 /斩罪 noun (an instance of beheading)
  • 斬首 /斩首 noun (an instance of beheading)
  • 斷頭 /断头 noun (an instance of beheading)

Czech

2 entries
  • dekapitace noun (an instance of beheading)
  • stětí noun (an instance of beheading)

Danish

1 entries
  • halshugning noun (an instance of beheading)

Dutch

1 entries
  • onthoofding noun (an instance of beheading)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • senkapigo noun (an instance of beheading)

Estonian

1 entries
  • pea maha raiumine noun (an instance of beheading)

Finnish

1 entries
  • mestaus noun (an instance of beheading)

French

1 entries
  • décapitation noun (an instance of beheading)

German

1 entries
  • Enthauptung noun (an instance of beheading)

Greek

1 entries
  • αποκεφαλισμός noun (an instance of beheading)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • עריפה noun (an instance of beheading)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • lefejezés noun (an instance of beheading)

Italian

1 entries
  • decapitazione noun (an instance of beheading)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 打ち首 noun (an instance of beheading)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ការកាត់ក្បាល noun (an instance of beheading)

Korean

1 entries
  • 참수 noun (an instance of beheading)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • обезглавување noun (an instance of beheading)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • halshugging noun (an instance of beheading)
  • halshugning noun (an instance of beheading)

Polish

2 entries
  • kęsim noun (an instance of beheading)
  • ścięcie noun (an instance of beheading)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • decapitação noun (an instance of beheading)

Russian

1 entries
  • обезгла́вливание noun (an instance of beheading)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • dì-cheannadh noun (an instance of beheading)

Spanish

3 entries
  • decapitación noun (an instance of beheading)
  • degüello noun (an instance of beheading)
  • descabezamiento noun (an instance of beheading)

Swedish

1 entries
  • halshuggning noun (an instance of beheading)

Turkish

1 entries
  • boynunu vurma noun (an instance of beheading)

Sample sentences

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Jihadis are capable of beheading civilians, murdering children and raping defenceless women, but when it comes to fighting a military force they don't want to know, and they come back here to their comfortable homes with their tails between their legs.

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She committed suicide by poison to avoid beheading.

Source: tatoeba (11270731)

A large crowd gathered to see the beheading.

Source: wiktionary

The guillotine was meant to humanize beheadings, but allowed the French Revolution to execute people at an industrial rate.

Source: wiktionary

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