beheading.
An instance of a person being beheaded.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
From behead + -ing.
present participle and gerund of behead
Where this word comes from
From behead + -ing.
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