Beheading

Synonyms for "beheading" (31 found)

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More general

9 entries
capital punishmentdeath penaltydepositionexecutingexecutionkillkillingpower transitionputting to death

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5 entries
axe beheadingdeposing regimesguillotine beheadingousting leaderssword beheading

Collocations

9 entries
beheading ceremonybeheading videoexecution by beheadinggruesome beheadingguillotine beheadinghistorical beheadingpublic beheadingritual beheadingsword beheading

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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.

Source: tatoeba (3530094)

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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