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BEHEADING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Killing by cutting off the head
Synonyms:
beheading; decapitation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("beheading" is a kind of...):
kill; killing; putting to death (the act of terminating a life)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Execution by cutting off the victim's head
Synonyms:
beheading; decapitation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("beheading" is a kind of...):
capital punishment; death penalty; executing; execution (putting a condemned person to death)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb behead
