beheading
/bɪˈhɛˌdɪŋ/ noun C1- 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.
Plural beheadings
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They’re dreadfully fond of beheading people here; the great wonder is, that there’s any one left alive!”
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