'Beheading' definitions:

Definition of 'beheading'

(from WordNet)
noun
Execution by cutting off the victim's head [syn: decapitation, beheading]
noun
Killing by cutting off the head [syn: decapitation, beheading]

Definition of 'Beheading'

From: GCIDE
  • Behead \Be*head"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beheaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Beheading.] [OE. bihefden, AS. behe['a]fdian; pref. be- + he['a]fod head. See Head.] To sever the head from; to take off the head of. [1913 Webster]

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