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Webster 1828 Edition

Beheading

BEHEAD'ING

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ppr.

behed'ing. Severing the head from the body.

BEHEAD'ING

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Noun.

behed'ing. The act of separating the head from the body by a cutting instrument; decollation.

Definition 2024

beheading

beheading

English

Verb

beheading

present participle of behead

Noun

beheading ‎(plural beheadings)

An instance of at least one 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 by beheading at an industrial rate

Synonyms

Translations

an instance of beheading

Chinese:
Mandarin: 斬首 (zh), 斩首 (zh) ‎(zhǎnshǒu), 斬罪 (zh), 斩罪 (zh) ‎(zhǎnzuì), 斷頭 (zh), 断头 (zh) ‎(duàntóu), 杀头 (zh), 殺頭 (zh) ‎(shātóu), 問斬 (zh), 问斩 (zh) ‎(wènzhǎn)
Czech: dekapitace (cs) f, stětí n
Danish: halshugning c
Dutch: onthoofding (nl)
Esperanto: senkapigo
Estonian: pea maha raiumine
Finnish: mestaus (fi)
French: décapitation (fr)
German: Enthauptung (de) f
Greek: αποκεφαλισμός (el) m ‎(apokefalismós)
Hebrew: עריפה f ‎(a'rifa)
Hungarian: lefejezés

Italian: decapitazione (it) f
Japanese: 打ち首 ‎(uchikubi)
Khmer: ការកាត់ក្បាល ‎(kaa kat kbaal)
Kurdish:
Macedonian: обезглавување n ‎(obezglavúvanje)
Polish: ścięcie (pl) n, kęsim (pl) n
Portuguese: decapitação (pt) f
Russian: обезгла́вливание (ru) n ‎(obezglávlivanije)
Scottish Gaelic: dì-cheannadh m
Spanish: decapitación f, degüello (es) m, descabezamiento (es) m
Swedish: halshuggning c
Turkish: boynunu vurma

See also

subheading