"beheading" in the noun sense
1. decapitation, beheading
execution by cutting off the victim's head
2. decapitation, beheading
killing by cutting off the head
"beheading" in the verb sense
1. decapitate, behead, decollate
cut the head of
"the French King was beheaded during the Revolution"
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