📖 Definitions of "Beheading"
verb
- 1
To remove the head of; to cut someone's head off.
noun
- 1
An instance of a person being beheaded.
"A large crowd gathered to see the beheading."
🔄 Synonyms of "Beheading"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| decapitationnoun | Beheading; the act of beheading or decapitating. |
↔️ Antonyms of "Beheading"
Words with the opposite meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| unarmored | Not armored; not wearing armor |
| unarmoured | Without armour. Often used to describe people, things, or situations where armour would normally be encountered. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Beheading"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| decapitationnoun | Beheading; the act of beheading or decapitating. |
| slaughteringnoun | An act of slaughter; a killing. |
| slayingnoun | Killing, especially the murder of a human. |
| severingnoun | The act by which something is severed. |
| massacrenoun | The killing of a considerable number (usually limited to people) where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and/or contrary to civilized norms. |
| cutverb | (chiefly transitive) To incise, to cut into the surface of something. |
| cuttingnoun | (countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut. |
| headnoun | (countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs. |
| spareverb | Extra. |
| executionnoun | The act, manner or style of executing (actions, maneuvers, performances). |
| slaughternoun | (uncountable) The killing of animals, generally for food. |
| beheadalnoun | beheading |
| decollationnoun | The act of beheading someone. |
| killingnoun | The act of killing. |
| headsmannoun | An executioner whose method of dispatching the condemned is decapitation. |
| disembowelingnoun | The act by which somebody is disemboweled. |
| human sacrificenoun | The killing of one or more human beings as part of a religious ritual. |
| embowelingnoun | An act of disembowelment. |
| butcheringnoun | The act by which someone or something is butchered, as: |
| headhuntingnoun | (business) The active recruitment of executive or talented personnel. |
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