beheading en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /bəˈhɛˌdɪŋ/ weak vowel merger
- (Southern-England) audio
- /bɪˈhɛˌdɪŋ/
Etymology
From behead + -ing.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| beheadings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (35)
cmn 問斬 /问斩 (an instance of beheading) · cs dekapitace (an instance of beheading) · km ការកាត់ក្បាល (an instance of beheading) · nb halshugging (an instance of beheading) · cmn 斬首 /斩首 (an instance of beheading) · fi mestaus (an instance of beheading) · pl kęsim (an instance of beheading) · ko 참수 (an instance of beheading) · sv halshuggning (an instance of beheading) · cs stětí (an instance of beheading) · hu lefejezés (an instance of beheading) · pl ścięcie (an instance of beheading) · el αποκεφαλισμός (an instance of beheading) · es degüello (an instance of beheading) · tr boynunu vurma (an instance of beheading) · eo senkapigo (an instance of beheading) · pt decapitação (an instance of beheading) · fr décapitation (an instance of beheading) · es decapitación (an instance of beheading) · it decapitazione (an instance of beheading) · da halshugning (an instance of beheading) · cmn 斬罪 /斩罪 (an instance of beheading) · nl onthoofding (an instance of beheading) · he עריפה (an instance of beheading) · es descabezamiento (an instance of beheading) · mk обезглавување (an instance of beheading) · cmn 殺頭 /杀头 (an instance of beheading) · cmn 斷頭 /断头 (an instance of beheading) · ca decapitació (an instance of beheading) · nb halshugning (an instance of beheading) · de Enthauptung (an instance of beheading) · gd dì-cheannadh (an instance of beheading) · ru обезгла́вливание (an instance of beheading) · ja 打ち首 (an instance of beheading) · et pea maha raiumine (an instance of beheading)