beheading
noun/bɪˈhɛˌdɪŋ/ · /bəˈhɛˌdɪŋ/
Etymology From behead + -ing.
1
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.
- Synonyms
- decapitation, decollation
- Related terms
- subheading