Beheading
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Beheading is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of behead.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of behead.
More Meanings
- An instance of a person being beheaded.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- beheadings
Synonyms for beheading
Depending on context, synonyms include decapitation, decollation.
Antonyms for beheading
Common opposites include unarmored, unarmoured.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include decapitation, slaughtering, slaying, severing, massacre, cut.
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